[PetroniusMaximus]

***Did you even read my post? ***

I did, but here is the point you missed. Paul claims to have given them birth through the gospel - then he claim to have not been called to baptize.

Therefore new birth must not be dependent on baptism.

[jkl1122]

You are assuming too much in that statement. Paul freely admitted he baptized some of them there, just that his primary role was to preach. The problem that the Christians were facing there was a problem of taking the name of the one who baptized them, which is what Paul was addressing. He had been given a special gift to preach, but any of the fellow Christians there could baptize.