for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.
And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it.
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
Now I urge you, brothers—you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints—
so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.
I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
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