1Cor 1:17, 2:4, 2Pe 1:16 | 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 .

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 2:4

4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^bthe Spirit and of power,

2 Peter 1:16

Christ’s Glory and the Prophetic Word

16 For we did not follow ^ccleverly devised ^dmyths when we made known to you ^ethe power and ^fcoming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but ^gwe were eyewitnesses of his majesty.