(1Co 1:14) “I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;… (16) …the household of Stephanas:… (17) For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.” Here is proof positive that physical baptism does not save the soul. Remember, this is he who would have traded his own soul for the salvation of the Jews (Rom 9:1-2). He preached so that others would be saved.