1 Corinthians 1:15

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so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name!

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Referenced Verses

  • John 3:28-29 : 28 You yourselves can testify that I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather,‘I have been sent before him.’ 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
  • John 7:18 : 18 The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 85%

    12Now I mean this, that each of you is saying,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” or“I am with Cephas,” or“I am with Christ.”

    13Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?

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

  • 84%

    16(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)

    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel– and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

  • Mark 1:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

    9The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

  • 31I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

  • 20And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

  • John 1:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

    26John answered them,“I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

  • Acts 19:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

    4Paul said,“John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

    5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

  • 2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

  • 11Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

  • 16to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

  • 72%

    16And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say,‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

    17Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”

  • Rom 15:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

    18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

  • 23Why Paul Postponed His Visit Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

  • 33And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

  • 11Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

  • 5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

  • 6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 29Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

    2For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

  • 16(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

  • 29so that no one can boast in his presence.

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    70%

    13The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

    14But John tried to prevent him, saying,“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

  • 5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.

  • 1 Cor 3:4-5
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    4For whenever someone says,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human?

    5What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

  • 15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • Phil 1:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.

    16The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

  • 7For they have gone forth on behalf of“The Name,” accepting nothing from the pagans.

  • 11I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

  • 14But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • 3Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

  • 16John answered them all,“I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming– I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • 9I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

  • 7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • 28These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.

  • 2If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.