1Cor 1:17, 2Cor 2:1, 11:6, Gal 4:13 | ISV | STEP | For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 1:17

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.1Cor 2:1, 4, 13; 2Pet 1:16

2 Corinthians 2:1

1 Paul's Painful Visit

Now ^{▼▼Other mss. read For} I decided not to pay you another painful visit.2Cor 1:23; 12:20-21; 13:10

2 Corinthians 11:6

6 Even though I may be untrained as an orator, I am not so in the field of knowledge. We have made this clear to all of you in every possible way.1Cor 1:17; 2Cor 4:2; 5:11; 10:10; 12:12; Eph 3:4

Galatians 4:13

13 You know that it was because I was ill ^{▼▼Lit. because of a weakness of the flesh} that I brought you the gospel the first time.1Cor 2:3; 2Cor 11:30; Gal 1:6