1Cor 1:17 | NASB2020 | STEP | For Christ did not send me to baptize , but to preach the gospel , not with cleverness of speech , so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect .

‏ 1 Corinthians 1:17

17 ^aFor Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^bnot with ^{▼▼I.e., persuasive rhetoric}cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.