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.”
20. What happened to those wise people? What happened to those experts in the Scriptures? What happened to the ones who think they have all the answers? Didn't God show that the wisdom of this world is foolish?