1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good-news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And I also immersed the household of Stephanas. Besides, I know not whether I immersed any other.
Cross References
John 4:2(although Jesus himself did not immerse, but his disciples),
Acts 26:17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee,
1 Corinthians 2:4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of spirit and of power,
2 Corinthians 4:2But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
2 Corinthians 10:10Because, The letters, he says, are indeed weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is disdained.
2 Peter 1:16For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:15-17
Party-Spirit Reproved. ( a. d. 57.) 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. Here the apostle gives an account of his ministry among them. He thanks God he had baptized but a few among them, Crispus, who had been a ruler of a synagogue at Corinth ( Acts xviii. 8 ), Gaius, and the household of Stephanas, besides whom, he says, he… Read the whole commentary →