{"id":2547,"date":"2013-10-01T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2022-04-23T07:31:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T13:31:34","slug":"1-corinthians-1615-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2547","title":{"rendered":"1 Corinthians 16:15-18"},"content":{"rendered":"

15\u00a0<\/sup>I urge you, brethren\u2014you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and\u00a0that\u00a0they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints\u2014<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

16\u00a0<\/sup>that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with\u00a0us.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

17\u00a0<\/sup>I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

18\u00a0<\/sup>For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Stephanas (v.15) \u2014 mentioned in 1 Corinthians 1:16<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

first fruits (v.15) \u2014 the first believers in Corinth and their relationship to those who believed after them<\/h3>\n

devoted (v.15) = addicted \u2014 to serving others in the church<\/h3>\n

what was lacking (v.17) \u2014 the men evidently brought supplies and\/or money which the church in Corinth itself should have supplied<\/h3>\n

refreshed my spirit and yours (v.18) \u2014 probably, on Paul’s part, by bringing news from Corinth and on the Corinthians’ part, by giving him that news so he would have the truth about them and not be misrepresented<\/h3>\n

such men (v.18) \u2014 those who serve the saints. Here, Paul says to recognize them. Earlier (v.16) they are told to submit to these men in the area of giving.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

15\u00a0I urge you, brethren\u2014you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and\u00a0that\u00a0they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints\u2014 16\u00a0that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with\u00a0us. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-corinthians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2547"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6975,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions\/6975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}