1 Corinthians 1:9-18

9God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Yeshua the Messiah our Lord.

10Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.

11For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers and sisters, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are rivalries among you.

12I say this because you are each saying, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Kefa,” or “I follow Messiah.”

13Has Messiah been divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you immersed into the name of Paul?

14I thank God that I immersed none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

15so that no one should say that I had immersed you into my own name.

16(I also immersed the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t recall if I immersed anyone else.)

17For Messiah sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the Good News—not with cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Messiah would not be made of no effect.

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