17 For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.
27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;
28 and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, {and} things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;
29 so that no flesh should boast before God.
4 and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of {the} Spirit and of power;
32 and I, if I be lifted up out of the earth, will draw all to me.