1 Corinthians 1:15
for fear people should say that you were baptized to be my adherents.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
In Context
14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius--
16I did, however, baptize Stephanas' household also: but I do not think that I baptized any one else.
Cross References
John 7:18The man whose teaching originates with himself aims at his own glory. He who aims at the glory of Him who sent him teaches the truth, and there is no deception in him.
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 →