For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.
If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;
Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.
Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.
Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;
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