{Lest any man should say} (hina m(8820)tis eip(8869)). Certainly
sub-final hina again or contemplated result as in  7:29  Joh
9:2 . Ellicott thinks that already some in Corinth were laying
emphasis on the person of the baptizer whether Peter or some one
else. It is to be recalled that Jesus himself baptized no one
( Joh 4:2 ) to avoid this very kind of controversy. And yet there
are those today who claim Paul as a sacramentalist, an impossible
claim in the light of his words here.