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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comRobertson Word Pictures - 1 Corinthians 1:14 - 1:14
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I thank God (eucharistō tōi theōi). See 1Co 1:4, though uncertain if tōi theōi is genuine here.
Save Crispus and Gaius (ei mē Krispon kai Gaion). Crispus was the ruler of the synagogue in Corinth before his conversion (Act 18:8), a Roman cognomen, and Gaius a Roman praenomen, probably the host of Paul and of the whole church in Corinth (Rom 16:23), possibly though not clearly the hospitable Gaius of 3Jo 1:5, 3Jo 1:6. The prominence and importance of these two may explain why Paul baptized them.