1 Corinthians 1:15
As a result, no one there in Corinth except those two can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become ◄his disciple/submissive to him►.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
In Context
14I thank God that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
Cross References
John 7:18Those who speak with only their own authority do that only so that others will honor them. But I am doing things so that others will honor the one who sent me, and I am someone who speaks the truth. I never lie.
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 →