1 Corinthians 1:14

1 Corinthians 1:14

12 Now I say this, that ^aeach of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of ^bApollos,” or “I am of ^cCephas,” or “I am of Christ.”

13 ^aIs Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

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.

19 For it is written:
^a“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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I thank God's providence now, who so ordered it that I baptized none of you but Crispus (the former ruler of the synagogue, Acts 18:8) and Gaius (written by the Romans Caius, the host of Paul at Corinth, and of the church, Romans 16:23; a person therefore in good circumstances). Baptizing was the office of the deacons (Acts 10:48) rather than of the apostles, whose office was that of establishing and superintending generally the churches. The deacons had a better opportunity of giving the necessary course of instruction preparatory to baptism. Crispus and Gaius were probably among the first converts, and hence were baptized by Paul himself, who founded the church.

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