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  • 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
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 For Christ dispatched me,+ not to go baptizing, but to go declaring the good news, not with wisdom of speech,+ that the torture stake* of the Christ should not be made useless.

  • 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.

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 1:17 it-2 1117

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 1:17 w78 5/15 18, 22; ad 1609; w68 511

  • 1 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:17

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1117

      The Watchtower,

      5/15/1978, pp. 18, 22

      8/15/1968, pp. 510-512

  • 1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:17

      Christ sent me, not to baptize: Paul was authorized to baptize (Mt 28:19) and did so on occasion. However, in this context he shows that performing baptisms was not his primary assignment from Christ. (1Co 1:14, 16) He did not want baptizing to become a source of division, as if baptisms performed by an apostle were more meaningful than those done by others.

      the torture stake of the Christ: Here the term “torture stake” (Greek, stau·rosʹ) is used to represent Jesus’ death on the stake. Jesus died in this way so that mankind would no longer be enslaved to sin but could have a good relationship with God.

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