 | George Fox - 1831 - 512 lehte
...said, ' Christ sent him not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (1 Cor. i. 14. 17.) not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.' And John the Baptist was prophesied of by Isaiah, before his coming, Isaiah xl. 3. ' I indeed baptize you... | |
 | Elias Hicks - 1832 - 464 lehte
...called and commissioned by his spirit, and clothed with his power and authority to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto such as are saved it is... | |
 | Eleazer Sherman - 1832 - 308 lehte
...important patt of my subject. Paul in his first epistle to the Corinthians, says, he was sent to preach, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For says he, the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 lehte
...baptÍ2cd any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : not with wiwiora of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. Observe here, 1. That though baptizing were God's ordinance, and St. Paul, at Christ's minister, had... | |
 | Martin Luther, Erasmus Middleton - 1833 - 586 lehte
...ot the cross should cease. After the same manner he speaketh, " Christ sent me to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect," (1 Cor. i. 17.) As if he said, I would not that the offence and cross of Christ should be abolished.... | |
 | 1833 - 804 lehte
...words, but let words always be at the service of the teacher. This, indeed, is what the apostle says : " Not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."1 To the same purpose also, he says to Timothy : " Charging them before the I-iord that they... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 636 lehte
...wholly otherwise. " Jesus Christ," he is able to say with St. Paul, " sent me to preach the Gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none t-'tiect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are... | |
 | Elias Hicks - 1834 - 244 lehte
...know not whether I baptized any other. 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 Cor. i. 14, 15, 16, 17. Now if it be as Paul declares, that Christ sent him not to baptize, how can... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 lehte
...not whether I baptized any other. 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. PAUL REPBOVETH THEIR DISSENSIONS. 1 CORINTHIANS in. — 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you... | |
 | 1834 - 640 lehte
...your flesh,"t — and to the Corinthians, " Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel ; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."J The diction of the Scriptures, nevertheless, is by no means so perplexed or inelegant as... | |
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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. 
