1 Corinthians 1:13-17

13You should not speak like that! It seems that you are breaking Christ into several parts. I, Paul, did not die on a cross to save you. When they baptized you, it was not on my behalf.

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

15So none of you can say, ‘I belong to Paul's group because he baptized me.’

16(Now I remember that I also baptized Stephanas and his family. I cannot remember that I baptized anyone else.)

17Christ did not send me to baptize people. But he did send me to tell God's good news to people. When I speak his message, I do not use clever words. It is Christ's death on the cross that has power to save people. I do not want to spoil that power with clever words.