1Cor 1:16-17 | PNT | STEP | I baptized also the household of Stephanas . This household was "the first fruits of Achaia" ( ); Stephanas was one of the three Corinthian brethren then visiting Paul at Ephesus ( ). There is no proof that this, or any other household named in Scripture, contained infants, but there is proof that most of them did not. "The household" does not mean the same as "the family", but those dwelling in the house; often the servants only.

1 Corinthians 1:16-17

I baptized also the household of Stephanas. This household was "the first fruits of Achaia" (1Co 16:15); Stephanas was one of the three Corinthian brethren then visiting Paul at Ephesus (1Co 16:17). There is no proof that this, or any other household named in Scripture, contained infants, but there is proof that most of them did not. "The household" does not mean the same as "the family", but those dwelling in the house; often the servants only. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. Paul does not intend to disparage baptism, but to say that, in the division of labor, the work assigned him was to preach, while others did the baptizing. If the common views of his physical condition are correct, he was hardly strong enough to do a great deal of baptizing.

Not with wisdom of words. Instead of seeking eloquence or philosophical speculation, which might hide the cross, he told the simple story of the gospel in plain and simple language.