1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not, to be immersing, but to be telling the good news,—not with wisdom of discourse, lest, void should be made, the cross of the Christ.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Yea! I immersed the house of Stephanas also,—besides, I know not whether, anyone else, I immersed.
Cross References
John 4:2although indeed, Jesus himself, was not immersing, but his disciples,
Acts 26:17Rescuing thee from among the people, and from among the nations, unto whom, I, am sending thee—
1 Corinthians 2:4And, my discourse, and what I proclaimed, were not in suasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of Spirit and power:
2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully,—but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves unto every conscience of men, in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 10:10Because, The letters, it is true (saith one), are weighty and strong, but, the presence of the body, is weak, and, the discourse, contemptible;—
2 Peter 1:16For, not as having followed, cleverly devised stories, made we known unto you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made, spectators, 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 →