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1 Corinthians 1

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1 corinthians.1.cor1BaptizedText

ἐβαπτίσθητε / ἐβάπτισα

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Who is the grammatical subject in verse 15?

The passive asks about the Corinthians’ baptismal identity; the active shifts the rhetorical focus to an act Paul himself might have performed.

Why this default

The passive reading is default as SBLGNT, WH, Tregelles, and NA28.

Evidence

Externalἐβαπτίσθητε — WH, Treg, NA28; ἐβάπτισα — RP.

InternalThe active ‘I baptized’ can arise by assimilation to Paul’s first-person subject in verses 14 and 16; the passive preserves the rhetorically pointed possibility that the Corinthians might claim baptism into Paul’s name.

Project defaultyou were baptized into my name

Project default · critical reading

Witnessesἐβαπτίσθητε · SBLGNT; WH, Treg, NA28
AlternativeI baptized anyone into my own name

Robinson-Pierpont reading

Witnessesἐβάπτισα · RP
Alternativewas anyone baptized into my name

Passive reading · question naturalized

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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