16. (Yes, I also baptised the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptised anyone else.)
17. For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the gospel – not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
18. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19. For it is written:‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.’