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 \v 16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know if I baptized any others.)
 
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-\v 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel. He did not send me to preach with words of human wisdom, so that the cross of Christ should not be emptied of its power.
+\v 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel—not with cleaver speech, in order that the cross of Christ would not be emptied of its power.
 
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