12. They have said that some of you claim to follow me, while others claim to follow Apollos or Peter or Christ.
13. Has Christ been divided up? Was I nailed to a cross for you? Were you baptized in my name?
14. I thank God that I didn't baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius.
15. Not one of you can say that you were baptized in my name.
16. I did baptize the family of Stephanas, but I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.
17. Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the good news without using big words that would make the cross of Christ lose its power.
18. The message about the cross doesn't make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God's power at work.
19. As God says in the Scriptures,“I will destroy the wisdomof all who claimto be wise.I will confuse thosewho think they knowso much.”