⁵ And say a kind word to the church which is in their house. Give my love to my dear Epaenetus, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.

² And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:

¹⁵ Give my love to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nymphas and the church in their house.

¹⁹ The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.

¹⁵ Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,

⁴ These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

¹ I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.

¹⁸ Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

² For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

¹ Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

¹² Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.

⁸ Give my love to Ampliatus, who is dear to me in the Lord,

²⁶ For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

¹⁶ And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

²⁷ And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

¹² But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

²⁰ For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.