I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

First-fruits of Achaia - the first Achaean converts. Epenetus was the first convert of this "house," if the Received Text be right; but oldest manuscripts read Asia for Achaia in . The image is from first-fruits offered to the Lord (: cf. ). This family was baptized by Paul himself ().

Addicted (set) themselves to the ministry of (to) the saints - voluntarily (cf. ).

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