11. For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.
12. What I am saying is this: Each of you says, “I’m with Paul,” or “I’m with Apollos,” or “I’m with Cephas,” or “I’m with Christ.”
13. Is Christ divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul’s name?
14. I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15. so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.
16. I did, in fact, baptize the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t know if I baptized anyone else.
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize — not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.
18. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.