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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 5933261" data-attributes="member: 65823">I don&#039;t elevate baptism any more than faith, confession, or repentance, or living faithfully until death. All are part of one&#039;s salvation according to the NT. Context. Context . Context.&nbsp; Paul said that he had been sent not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. In verses 11 and 12 the church at Corinth was divided into fractions. Some declared themselves to be of Paul, some of Apollos, some of Cephas, and some of Christ. This really bothered Paul who regarded himself and Apollos simply as &quot;ministers through whom ye believed,&quot; and not as heads of parties (1 Cor. 3:5).In the questions, &quot;Is Christ divided: was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?&quot;, Paul stated the only grounds on which they could claim to be &quot;of Paul.&quot; These questions demanding a negative answer left those of that faction without any justification for such a claim.So Paul, fearing some would attach an undue significance to their having been baptized by his hands, supposing that they had been baptized in his name (vs. 14,15), he had abstained from baptizing, with the exception of but a very few, leaving the baptizing of the &quot;many Corinthians&quot; of Acts 18:8 to other hands.&nbsp;In this context , Paul said that he had not been sent to baptize but to preach the gospel.What he preached was the same gospel he was told to obey.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 5933261, member: 65823"] I don't elevate baptism any more than faith, confession, or repentance, or living faithfully until death. All are part of one's salvation according to the NT. Context. Context . Context. Paul said that he had been sent not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. In verses 11 and 12 the church at Corinth was divided into fractions. Some declared themselves to be of Paul, some of Apollos, some of Cephas, and some of Christ. This really bothered Paul who regarded himself and Apollos simply as "ministers through whom ye believed," and not as heads of parties (1 Cor. 3:5). In the questions, "Is Christ divided: was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?", Paul stated the only grounds on which they could claim to be "of Paul." These questions demanding a negative answer left those of that faction without any justification for such a claim. So Paul, fearing some would attach an undue significance to their having been baptized by his hands, supposing that they had been baptized in his name (vs. 14,15), he had abstained from baptizing, with the exception of but a very few, leaving the baptizing of the "many Corinthians" of Acts 18:8 to other hands. In this context , Paul said that he had not been sent to baptize but to preach the gospel.What he preached was the same gospel he was told to obey. [/QUOTE]

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