1 Corinthians Chapter 1, Verse 14
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14: ευχαριστω τω θεω οτι ουδενα υμων εβαπτισα ει μη κρισπον και γαιον
14: I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
14: I give God thanks, that I baptized none of you but Crispus and
Caius:
I thank God, etc. Why Paul did not himself baptize, see in 1Cor 1:17.
To him it was now a subject of grateful reflection that he had not done it. He had not given any occasion for the suspicion that he had intended to set himself up as a leader of a sect or party.
But Crispus. Crispus had been the chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, Acts 18:8.
And Gaius. Gaius resided at Corinth, and at his house Paul resided when he wrote the epistle to the Romans, Rom 16:23. It is also possible that the third epistle of John was directed to this man. See 3Jn 1:1. And if so, then probably Diotrephes, 3Jn 1:9, who is mentioned as one who loved "to have the pre- eminence," had been one cause of the difficulties at Corinth. The other persons at Corinth had been probably baptized by Silas and Timothy.
