For Christ sent me not to baptize (ου γαρ απεστειλεν με Χριστος βαπτιζειν). The negative ου goes not with the infinitive, but with…

For Christ sent me not to baptize. That is, not to baptize as my main business. Baptism was not his principal employment, though he had a …

Not to baptize.—Preaching was eminently the work of the Apostles. The deacons used to baptize ([Reference Acts 10…

Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not w…

Why Paul did not baptize more during his stay at Corinth we are not told. He does go on to state that his essential work was not baptizing but prea…

For Christ sent me not. He anticipates an objection that might, perhaps, be brought against him—that he had not discharged his duty, since…

For Christ sent me not to baptize
Some think the apostle refers to his particular mi ion from Christ, ([Reference Ac…

Paul had been educated in Jewish learning; but the plain preaching of a crucified Jesus was more powerful than all the oratory and philosophy of th…

After the greeting, the Apostle begins to instruct them. First, he instructs them about matters concerning all of them generally, namely, the sacra…