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1 Corinthians 1:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 17 For Christ sent me, not to baptize, but to declare the good news;+ and not with wisdom of speech,*+ so that the torture stake of the Christ should not be made useless.

1 Corinthians 1:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 17 For Christ sent me, not to baptize, but to declare the good news;+ and not with wisdom of speech,* so that the torture stake* of the Christ should not be made useless.

1 Corinthians 1:17

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 17 οὐ Not γὰρ for ἀπέστειλέν sent off με me Χριστὸς Christ βαπτίζειν to be baptizing ἀλλὰ but εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, to be declaring good news, οὐκ not ἐν in σοφίᾳ wisdom λόγου, of word, ἵνα in order that μὴ not κενωθῇ might be made empty ὁ the σταυρὸς stake τοῦ of the χριστοῦ. Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:17

The Bible in Living English
- 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to bring the gospel; not in wisdom of language, in order that the Christ’s cross may not be nullified.

1 Corinthians 1:17

American Standard Version
- 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

1 Corinthians 1:17

The Emphasized Bible
- 17 For Christ sent me not to be immersing, But to be telling the good news,—Not with wisdom of discourse Lest void should be made the cross of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:17

King James Version
- 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.