Study it in the app“Now I urge you, brothers (you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to service for the saints),”
NowδὲI urgeΠαρακαλῶyou,ὑμᾶςbrothersἀδελφοί(you knowοἴδατεthe householdτὴν οἰκίανof Stephanas,Στεφανᾶthatὅτιit isἐστὶνthe firstfruitsἀπαρχὴof Achaia,τῆς Ἀχαΐαςandκαὶthatthey have devotedἔταξανthemselvesἑαυτούςtoεἰςserviceδιακονίανfor the saints),τοῖς ἁγίοις
urge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “Parakalō” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appearsknow someone
To have dealings with someone and know who he is.
Where else “oidate” appearshousehold
The family who live under one roof.
Where else “oikian” appearsStephanas
Stephanas: a believer of Corinth, whose household was among the first converts of Achaia.
Where else “Stephana” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsfirstfruits
Firstfruits: the first part of the harvest, offered to God as a pledge of the whole.
Where else “aparchē” appearsAchaia
See it on the mapWhere else “Achaias” appearsappoint, arrange
Arrange, appoint, order; establish.
Where else “etaxan” appearsaid
What is sent to those in need.
Where else “diakonian” appearssaints
Believers, set apart because they belong to God.
Where else “hagiois” appearsAchaia
Today: southern Greece (Peloponnese and Attica)
A Roman province in southern Greece, with Corinth as its main city.
The believers of Achaia gave for the poor in Jerusalem (Rom 15:26). Paul wrote his second letter to Corinth "with all the saints in Achaia" (2 Cor 1:1).
14Let all you do be done in love.
15 · This verse (above)
16that you also be subject to such people and to everyone who works with them and labors.
