(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to tarry certain days.

Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send you,

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh:

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

For we have not followed cunningly devised myths, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.