1Cor 1:17, 10:24, 33 | ESV | STEP | For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel , and not with words of eloquent wisdom , lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power .

a ch. 2:1, 4, 13; [2 Cor. 10:10; 11:6; 2 Pet. 1:16]

b ver. 33; ch. 13:5; Phil. 2:21; [ch. 9:23; 2 Cor. 12:14]; See Rom. 15:1

1 Corinthians 1:17

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and ^anot with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 10:24

24 ^bLet no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

1 Corinthians 10:33

33 just as ^cI try to please everyone in everything I do, ^dnot seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.