1 Corinthians 1:17 Cross References - Wesley

¹⁷ I know not that I baptized any other. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel; but not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

² (Tho' Jesus himself batized not;

⁴⁸ And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they prayed him to tarry certain days.

¹⁷ and of those in which I will appear to thee, Delivering thee from the people, ¹⁸ and the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee, To open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; that they may receive through faith which is in me, forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified.

¹ And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

⁴ And my speech and my preaching was not with the persuasive words of human wisdom, but with the demonstration of the Spirit and of power. ⁵ That your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

¹³ Which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, explaining spiritual things by spiritual words.

² not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully corrupting the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: ⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the throwing down of strong-holds.)

¹⁰ For his letters indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

⁶ For if I am unskilful in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly manifest to you in all things.

¹⁶ For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.