1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; I am not aware that I baptized any one besides.
Cross References
John 4:2(though Jesus himself did not baptize, 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 wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power;
2 Corinthians 4:2but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters, saith one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but had been made eye-witnesses of his majesty.
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 →