1 Corinthians 1:13-17

13Has Christ been divided [into different parts]? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul? [Certainly not!]

14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

15so that no one would say that you were baptized into my name.

16Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else.

17For Christ did not send me [as an apostle] to baptize, but [commissioned and empowered me] to preach the good news [of salvation]—not with clever and eloquent speech [as an orator], so that the cross of Christ would not be made ineffective [deprived of its saving power].