18.1
My spirit is devoted to the cross, which is an offence to unbelievers, but to us salvation and eternal life. ‘Where is the wise? Where is the disputer? Where is the boasting of those who are called prudent?’
18.2
For our God, Jesus the Christ, was conceived by Mary by the dispensation of God, ‘as well of the seed of David’ as of the Holy Spirit: he was born, and was baptized, that by himself submitting he might purify the water.