1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with the wisdom of speech, in order that the cross of Christ may not be made of none effect.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
16But I baptized also the family of Stephanas: besides, I know not if I baptized any other.
Cross References
John 4:2(truly Jesus himself was not baptizing, but His disciples),
Acts 26:17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
1 Corinthians 2:4And my speech and my preaching were not in the persuasive words of wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and the power:
2 Corinthians 4:2but we lay aside the hidden things of disgrace, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but in the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God.
2 Corinthians 10:10Because they say, His letters are indeed weighty and powerful; but the presence of his body is weak, and his speech contemptible.
2 Peter 1:16For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses 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 →