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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.