1 Corinthians 1:14-20

14I thank God that  I didn’t baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius

15so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.

16I also baptized Stephanas and his family. Beyond that, I’m not sure whether I baptized anyone else.

17Christ didn’t send me to baptize. Instead, he sent me to spread the Good News. I didn’t use intellectual arguments. That would have made the cross of Christ lose its meaning.

18The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

19Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will reject the intelligence of intelligent people.”

20Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the persuasive speaker of our time? Hasn’t God turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense?