1 CORINTHIANS 1:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;”
I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius — Paul's relief (eucharisteō) that he baptized few is strategic: baptism's power rests in Christ, not in the one who administers it. His avoidance of extensive baptizing protects against false claims that converts 'belong' to Paul. The few names mentioned confirm Paul's historical presence in Corinth.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:14
“I thank God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius.” “Why are you elate at having baptized, when I for my part even give thanks that I have not done so!” Thus saying, by a kind of divine art (οἰκονομικῶς) he does away with their swelling pride upon this point; not with the efficacy of the baptism, (God forbid,) but with the folly of those who were puffed up at having been baptizers: first, by showing that the Gift is not theirs; and, secondly, by thanking God…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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