Lest any should say that I had baptized in my
own name.
] The Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin
version, read, "lest anyone should say that ye were baptized in
my name"; and the Ethiopic version renders it, "that ye might not
say we have been baptized in his name". This gives the true
reason why the apostle was so thankful he had baptized no more of
the members of this church, lest either some should reproach him,
as having done it in his own name, and as seeking his own honour
and interest; or lest others should affect, from their being
baptized by him, to be called by his name, as if he was the
author and patron of a new sect.