17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel —not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things —and the things that are not —to nullify the things that are,
29 so that no one may boast before him.
32 And I, when I am lifted up "from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,