Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.
Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.
and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
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—
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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.
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:
Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.
Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,
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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