## I thank God ##

Paul exaggerates how grateful he is that he didn't baptize more people in Corinth. (See: [[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

## Crispus ##

He was a synagogue ruler who became a Christian.

## Gaius ##

He travelled with the Apostle Paul.

## This was so that no one would say that you were baptized in my name ##

"I refrained from baptizing more people, because I was afraid that they might later boast that I had baptized them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]]; See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## the household of Stephanus ##

This refers to the family members and slaves in the house of which the man Stephanus was the head.