14. I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15. so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.
16. I did, in fact, baptize the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t know if I baptized anyone else.
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize — not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.
18. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.
19. For it is written:I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
20. Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?