KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Corinthians 1:16–17
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1 Corinthians 1:16
16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
1 Corinthians 1:17
17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel: *not with ‖wisedome of words, lest the Crosse of Christ should be made of none effect.
- Or, speech.
- 2.Pet. 1.16.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 1:16
A family and those dwelling together in one house; also belonging to the home.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
At the side of; apart from; or in addition to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Which of two; also introducing alternatives or uncertainty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 1:17
The Anointed One.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To pronounce a public discourse on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture. To proclaim; to publish in religious discourses.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Sound judgment and the right use of knowledge; skill, discernment, or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That not; for fear that.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
An upright execution stake with a crosspiece; Christ's crucifixion and its reproach or burden; also to pass from one side to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A result, force, or accomplished outcome; also to bring something to pass.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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From verse 16
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Open the full verse study15I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
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Open the full verse study17I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
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Open the full verse study15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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Open the full verse study33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study1AND I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
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Open the full verse study13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
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Open the full verse study16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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Open the full verse study4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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Open the full verse study10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
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Open the full verse study2But 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.
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Open the full verse study2(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
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Open the full verse study3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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Open the full verse study6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
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Open the full verse study17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18To 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 which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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Open the full verse study48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
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