1 Corinthians 1:15
that no one may say that I immersed into my own name.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
In Context
14I thank God that I immersed none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
16I did, indeed, immerse the household of Stephanus; besides, I know not whether I immersed any other.
Cross References
John 7:18He who speaks of himself, seeks his own glory; he who seeks the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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 →