(Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.)

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospelnot with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

When I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

For who regards you as different? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

and those who mourn, as though they were not mourning; and those who rejoice, as though they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.

If others share this right of support from you, do not we all the more? Nevertheless, we did not make use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

Now these things are examples for us, not to desire evil things as they did.

We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

More than that, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.