If you actually read Acts and Paul's Epistles, you would seee that Paul's mission was evangelization. Not all clergy do all things all the time; there are people who concentrate on a particular aspect of Christian service.
Not to say that Paul did not baptize; it is just that he had others concentrate on that and he concentrated on administration and evangelization.
If water baptism were so critical for salvation I can’t imagine Paul being glad that he didn’t baptize people. On the contrary, I’d have expected him to spend all his time doing that.
If one actually reads where Paul says this, he does not say that baptism is wrong or unnecessary or doesn’t regenerate.
He is concerned in this epistle about divisions in the church and that some are identifying themselves by the men who has preached the good news to them.
Paul immediately tells us afterwards that he is not called to baptize, he doesn’t see it as his mission and he does not want others to claim to be his followers.
It is why single verses of Scripture can seem to say something which they do not and how Scripture can be used to advance a one’s personal opinion rather than convey the lessons Scripture intends. It is why all of Scripture must be read in light of the whole rather than one verse to the exclusion of others. It is why Peter denounces private interpretation.
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