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1 Corinthians 16:15

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

I have another request to make of you, Brothers. You remember Stephanas and his household, and that they were the first-fruits gathered in from Greece, and set themselves to serve Christ's People.

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While Gallio was governor of Greece, the Jews made a combined attack on Paul, and brought him before the Governor's Bench,

Relieving the wants of Christ's People; devoted to hospitality.

Just now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem, to take help to Christ's People there.

Pray that I may be rescued from those in Judea who reject the Faith, and that the help which I am taking to Jerusalem may prove acceptable to Christ's People;

And I ask you to give her a Christian welcome--one worthy of Christ's People--and to aid her in any matter in which she may need your assistance. She has proved herself a staunch friend to me and to many others.

Give my greeting, also, to the Church that meets at their house, as well as to my dear friend Epaenetus, one of the first in Roman Asia to believe in Christ;

I baptized also the household of Stephanas. I do not know that I baptized any one else.

With reference to the Collection for Christ's People, I want you to follow the instructions that I gave to the Churches in Galatia.

I am glad Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have come, for they have made up for your absence;

And with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow-Christians.

With reference, indeed, to the Fund for your fellow-Christians, it is quite superfluous for me to say anything to you.

and be well spoken of for her kind actions. She should have brought up children, have shown hospitality to strangers, have washed the feet of her fellow Christians, have relieved those who were in distress, and devoted herself to every kind of good action.

I have indeed found great joy and encouragement in your love, knowing, as I do, how the hearts of Christ's People have been cheered, brother, by you.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians--as you are still doing.

Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.

These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.




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