1 Corinthians 1:9-18

9God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.

11For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.

12Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” or “I am with Cephas,” or “I am with Christ.”

13Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?

14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

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

16(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)

17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel – and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

18For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.