Pastor John, I received this question from the web site. I know Paul regretted doing so and that he only baptized a few, but I couldn’t find anything that specifically addresses this man’s question. Crispus was Jewish, Stephanas was of the firstfruits of Achaia and quite likely Jewish as Paul started in the synagogue and I can’t see any details regarding Gaius of Corinth. Any other thoughts?
djc
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Web Comment:
Hi. If Paul states that water baptism is not required, why did he still baptize the Corinth believers?
Name: Thomas
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Hi Damien:
Paul baptized those Jews in Corinth (and then taught the Gentiles that water baptism was useless) for the same reason he circumcised Timothy (Acts 16:1-3) and then taught the Gentiles that if they submitted to circumcision, they were backslidden and were “fallen from grace” (Gal. 5.4).
This is why we cannot use the book of Acts to formulate any doctrine. The Law of Moses was not quite dead yet (Heb. 8:13), and much confusion resulted.
Pastor John