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1 Corinthians 16:17 — King James Version← Study notes

I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.


1 Corinthians 16:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 16:1716 words
GreekMeaning
χαίρωchairō
I rejoiceverbG5463
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ἐπὶepi
atprepositionG1909
τῇ
thearticleG3588
παρουσίᾳparousia
comingnounG3952
ΣτεφανᾶStephana
of StephanasnounG4734
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ΦορτουνάτουPhortounatou
FortunatusnounG5415
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἈχαϊκοῦAchaikou
AchaicusnounG883
ὅτιhoti
becausewordG3754
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ὑμέτερονhymeteron
your (own)adjectiveG5212
ὑστέρημαhysterēma
deficiencynounG5303
οὗτοιhoutoi
thesedemonstrativeG3778
ἀνεπλήρωσανaneplērōsan
filled upverbG378
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 44 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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