Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else — the admission of imprecise memory is refreshingly honest and theologically apt: baptism is not the locus of Paul's remembered mission. His memory fails on this point because the method of initiation mattered less than its object (Christ). This sets up the paradox: the Corinthians care intensely about who baptized them; Paul barely remembers.

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