1 Corinthians 1:16

I moreover baptized the household of Stephanas: but further, I know not that I baptized any other.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

In Context

15lest any one should say, that I baptized in my own name.

17For Messiah did not send me to baptize, but to preach; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Messiah should be inefficient.

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Cross References

Acts 16:15And she was baptized, and her household. And she entreated us, saying: If ye are really persuaded that I have believed in our Lord, come and take lodging in my house. And she urged us much.

1 Corinthians 16:15I beseech you, my brethren, concerning the household of Stephanas; (for ye know, that they were the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to ministering to the saints;)

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 →

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