1 Corinthians 1:15 BSB

1 Corinthians 1:15

so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name.

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1107)

I say this not because it was actually so, but out of fear that the disease might reach such a degree. For if division arose when baptism was performed by insignificant people, then if I, who preached baptism, had baptized, some would certainly have agreed …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. The Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "lest anyone should say that ye were baptized in my name"; and the Ethiopic version renders it, "that ye might not say we have been baptized in his name".

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Lest any should say - Lest any of those who had been baptized should pervert his design, and say that Paul had baptized them unto himself; or, lest any others should, with any appearance of truth, say that he had sought to make disciples to himself. The Ethiopic version renders this, “that ye should not say we were baptized in his name.” Many of the ancient mss. read this, “test any should say that ‘ye were baptized’ into my name.” Mill.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μή	mē	not	G3361 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
εἴπῃ	eipē	may say	G2036 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἐμὸν	emon	my	G1473 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
ἐβαπτίσθητε.	ebaptisthēte	you were baptized.	G907 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
leads to
- Hosea 2:19–20
  So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- Ephesians 5:26–27
  to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Isaiah 54:5
  For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
Through
John 7:18
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
leads to
- John 5:41
  I do not accept glory from men,
- 1 Corinthians 10:31–33
  So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- Philippians 2:3–5
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- John 13:31–32
  When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
- John 8:49–50
  “I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.