1 Corinthians 1:16

14 I thank God that I baptized ^anone of you except ^bCrispus and ^cGaius,

15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.

16 Yes, I also baptized the household of ^aStephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^anot with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

18 For the¹ message of the cross is ^afoolishness to ^bthose who are perishing, but to us ^cwho are being saved it is the ^dpower of God.

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1 Corinthians 1:16

I Corinthians 1:16 I baptized also the household of Stephanas. This household was "the first fruits of Achaia" (I Corinthians 16:15); Stephanas was one of the three Corinthian brethren then visiting Paul at Ephesus (I Corinthians 16:17). There is no proof that this, or any other household named in Scripture, contained infants, but there is proof that most of them did not. "The household" does not mean the same as "the family", but those dwelling in the house; often the servants only.

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