²¹ For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

²⁷ But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

¹¹ Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

¹¹ Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

³ But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;