1 CORINTHIANS 16:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.”
I am glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you — these three have brought Corinthian communication to Paul, filling a gap (hysterêma: deficiency) in information and relationship. Their presence gladdens Paul.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 16:17
“Now I beseech you, brethren;— ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister unto the saints.” In the beginning too he mentions this man, saying, “I baptized also the home of Stephanas:” and now he speaks of him as “the first-fruits” not of Corinth only, but also of all Greece. And this too is no small encomium that he was the first to come to Christ. Wherefore also in the Epistle to the Romans, praising…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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