ORV
17. କାରଣ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ ମୋତେ ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ ଦେବା ନିମନ୍ତେ ପ୍ରେରଣ କଲେ ନାହିଁ, ମାତ୍ର ସୁସମାଚାର ପ୍ରଚାର କରିବା ନିମନ୍ତେ ପ୍ରେରଣ କଲେ; ତାହା ମଧ୍ୟ ବାକ୍ୟାଡ଼ମ୍ଵରରେ ନୁହେଁ, କାଳେ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ କ୍ରୁଶ ବ୍ୟର୍ଥ ହୁଏ ।
IRVOR
17. କାରଣ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ ମୋତେ ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ ଦେବା ନିମନ୍ତେ ପ୍ରେରଣ କଲେ ନାହିଁ, ମାତ୍ର ସୁସମାଚାର ପ୍ରଚାର କରିବା ନିମନ୍ତେ ପ୍ରେରଣ କଲେ; ତାହା ମଧ୍ୟ ବାକ୍ୟ ଆଡ଼ମ୍ବରରେ ନୁହେଁ, କାଳେ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ କ୍ରୁଶ ବ୍ୟର୍ଥ ହୁଏ । {ଈଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ଶକ୍ତି ଓ ଜ୍ଞାନର ଆଧାର- ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ}
KJV
17. For 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.
AMP
17. For Christ (the Messiah) sent me out not to baptize but [to evangelize by] preaching the glad tidings (the Gospel), and that not with verbal eloquence, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of force and emptied of its power and rendered vain (fruitless, void of value, and of no effect).
KJVP
YLT
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;
ASV
17. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
WEB
17. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel�not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.
NASB
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning.
ESV
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
RV
17. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
RSV
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
NKJV
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
MKJV
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
AKJV
17. For 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.
NRSV
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.
NIV
17. For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the gospel--not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
NIRV
17. Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to preach the good news. He commanded me not to use the kind of wisdom that people commonly use. That would take all the power away from the cross of Christ.
NLT
17. For Christ didn't send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News-- and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power.
MSG
GNB
NET
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