I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; lest any should say that I baptized in mine own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. (1 Corinthians 1:14-17)
It may be expected that those whom the apostle baptized with his own hands were converts distinguished from the rest by some circumstance, either of eminence or of connexion with him. Accordingly, of the three names here mentioned, Crispus, we find, from Acts 18:8, was a “chief ruler” of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, who “believed on the Lord with all his house.” Gaius, it appears from Romans 16:2-3, was St. Paul’s host at Corinth, and the host, he tells us, “of the whole church.” The household of Stephanas [who also dwelt at Corinth], we read in the sixteenth chapter of this epistle, “were the first fruits of Achaia.”
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Author: William Paley
Keywords: Stephanas, Crispus, Gaius, Baptism, Paul baptized, Whom did Paul baptize, Who did Paul baptize, Paul baptized who, Baptized, Baptised
Bible reference(s): Acts 18:8, Rom. 16:2-3, 1 Corinthians 1:14-17, 1 Corinthians 16:15, 1 Corinthians 16:17
Source: Horae Paulinae (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1850).
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