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,)
Ver. 15. To the ministry of saints] To serve them in collecting and distributing alms to the nessissitous.
Verse 1 Corinthians 16:15. _YE KNOW THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS_] Ye know that Stephanas and his _family_ have addicted them to the help of the followers of Christ; they have been the chief instruments of...
I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN - The construction here is somewhat involved, but the sense is plain. The words, “I beseech you,” in this verse, are evidently to be taken in connection with 1 Corinthians 16:1...
2. EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSION. CHAPTER 16 _ 1. Concerning Collections. (1 Corinthians 16:1)_ 2. Ministry. (1 Corinthians 16:5) 3. Greetings. (1 Corinthians 16:19
1 CORINTHIANS 16. VARIOUS BUSINESS AND PERSONAL MATTERS. SALUTATION. First (1 Corinthians 16:1) he gives instructions as to the collection for the poor Christians at Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 8 f.*, Ro...
PRACTICAL PLANS (1 Corinthians 16:1-12)...
Be on the alert; stand fast in the faith; play the man; be strong. Let all your affairs be transacted in love. Brothers I urge you--(you know the family of Stephanas was the first-fruits of God's harv...
BESEECH. Greek. _parakaleo._ See "desired", 1 Corinthians 16:12. KNOW. App-132. STEPHANAS. See 1 Corinthians 1:16. FIRSTFRUITS. Greek. _aparche._ See Romans 8:23
_the house of Stephanas_ See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 1:16. _the firstfruits of Achaia_ Not necessarily the very first converts, but _among_the very first. See Romans 16:5. -Achaia" is used by St Pa...
1 Corinthians 16:1-24. SUNDRY PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS. CONCLUSION...
ΟἼΔΑΤΕ. Cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:12. οἴδατε may be either indicative or imperative. 1 Corinthians 16:18 makes the latter more probable. See note on ἐπιγινώσκετε there. In the first case the succeeding ὅτ...
_WATCH YE, STAND FAST IN THE FAITH -- 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13-18:_ Paul's desire was that the brethren would keep alert for any false teaching. He wanted them to be firm in their faith and to stay brave a...
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) ободрять, побуждать (TDNT; TLNT; EDNT). ΟΪΔΑΤΕPERF. _ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) def. perf. со _знач. praes._ знать, ΑΠΑΡΧΉ (G536) первый плод (_см._...
I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, &C.— Dr. Heylin renders these verses thus: _Ye know that the family of Stephanas is,_ &c.—_I beseech you then, my brethren,_ 1 Corinthians 16:16 _that you pay all deference to...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Endorse (1 Corinthians 16:10-18) 10 When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am. 11So let no one despise hi...
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 f...
8 Paul's delay in going to Corinth is fully explained in the second epistle. He wished to give them time for repentance. Besides, he was meeting with much success, for even his enemies acknowledged th...
16:15 know (f-7) _ Oida_ . It refers to their inward acquaintance with their qualities, not objective knowledge. themselves (g-23) 'Devoted themselves,' c. In sum this is the sense but the force of t...
THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS] baptised by the Apostle himself (1 Corinthians 1:16). THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ACHAIA] There were converts at Athens (Acts 17:34), therefore Achaia must be used in the narrower sense...
THE COLLECTION. PERSONAL MESSAGES AND CONCLUSION The Apostle in this chapter instructs the Corinthians to make a collection for the poor Christians in Judæa, intimates his intention of visiting them a...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 16 PLANS ABOUT THE MONEY FOR JERUSALEM 16:1-4 V1 Now I will write about the money for God’s people. Do what I told the churches in Galatia...
THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS. — The Apostle here reminds the Corinthians that the devotion of teachers, and all who serve in the gospel ministry, ought to be rewarded with a return of sympathy and devotion...
CHAPTER 25 THE POOR IN closing his letter to the Corinthians, Paul, as usual, explains his own movements, and adds a number of miscellaneous directions and salutations. These for the most part relate...
§ 59. CONCLUDING HOMILY. According to the Apostle's wont, at the end of his letter he gathers up the burden of his message into a single concise and stirring exhortation (1 Corinthians 16:13 f.). _Wat...
1 Corinthians 16:15-16 urge particular instances of the above ἐν ἀγάπῃ γινέσθω. The ἵνα clause of 1 Corinthians 16:16 is complementary to παρακαλῶ (see note on 1 Corinthians 1:10), and is sus
EXHORTATIONS AND SALUTATIONS 1 Corinthians 16:13 The Apostle was careful to cultivate friendship, one of the priceless gifts of God; and he was very generous not only in his references to his friends...
The last chapter of the epistle is local and personal. In the first sentences important principles are revealed as to the true method of Christian giving. It is to be regular and systematic rather tha...
Closing Instructions and Personal Remarks Christians must be constantly on guard against Satan. Paul encouraged them to be firm in matters of faith and not let false teachers shake their beliefs as th...
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of (g) Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they have (h) addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints), (g) Stephanas is the n...
_The first-fruits fo Achaia; the first there converted. (Witham)_...
“I beseech you, brethren: Ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints. 16. That ye submit yourselves unt...
(13) Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. (14) Let all your things be done with charity. (15) I beseech you, brethren, ye (know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_STRENGTH OF SPIRIT_ ‘Be strong.’ 1 Corinthians 16:13 Over and over again in Holy Writ we find this short, stirring text. We find it in the mouth of Moses, when, handing over his leadership to Josh...
_SOURCES OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH_ ‘Quit you like men, be strong.’ 1 Corinthians 16:13 We are conscious of our weakness, our need is strength, but how shall we attain to it? Elsewhere St. Paul, using...
15._Ye know the house of Stephanas _We know, from daily experience, of what advantage it is, that those should have the highest authority, whom God has adorned with the most distinguished gifts. Accor...
The apostle, in his letter, had treated of the disorder that reigned among these believers, and his spirit was to a certain degree relieved by fulfilling this duty towards them; for, after all, they w...
I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN,.... Entreat or exhort you as brethren in the Lord; this entreaty or exhortation is to submission to fellow helpers and labourers of the ministry, more particularly expressed i...
_Ye know the house_, or family, _of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia_ That he and they were the first converts in that province; _and that they have addicted themselves_ According to t...
HOUSE; family. FIRST - FRUITS; the first persons who were converted in Achaia by the ministry of Paul....
I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, (YE KNOW THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS, THAT IT IS THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ACHAIA, AND THAT THEY HAVE ADDICTED THEMSELVES TO THE MINISTRY OF THE SAINTS,)...
A concluding exhortation:...
This last chapter forms a fourth division of the book of I Corinthians, with its simple, practical instructions. The unity of the body of Christ is to be expressed in genuine practical care for the ne...
NOW. BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN (YE KNOW THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS, THAT IT IS THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ACHAIA, AND THAT THEY HAVE SET THEMSELVES TO MINISTER UNTO THE SAINTS), 'I beseech you' -'I urge you' (NASV)...
13-18 A Christian is always in danger, therefore should ever be on the watch. He should be fixed in the faith of the gospel, and never desert or give it up. By this faith alone he will be able to kee...
Of this STEPHANAS we read before, 1 CORINTHIANS 1:16; his family was one of those few families which Paul baptized: he is here called THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ACHAIA, because (as it should seem) he was one...
Now I beseech you, brethren _(ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia_ [i. e., my first converts in Greece-- 1 Corinthians 1:16], _and that they have set themselves to min...
1 Corinthians 16:15 G1161 urge G3870 (G5719) you G5209 know G1492 (G5758) household G3614 Stephanas G4734
FINAL WORDS (16:13-24). Paul comes to the end of his letter with an exhortation. It has similarities to that in 1 Corinthians 15:58. This is then followed by a further exhortation to take note of thei...
‘Now I beseech you, brethren (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister to the saints), that you also be in subjection to suc...
1 Corinthians 16:15. NOW, I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN (YE KNOW THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS, THAT IT IS THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ACHAIA) the earliest Achaean converts. In Romans 16:5 this, according to the received...
YE KNOW (οιδατε). _Koine_ form for second perfect indicative used as present of οραω. Parenthetic clause through rest of the verse. Stephanas is mentioned also in 1 Corinthians 1:16 and in 1 Corinth...
CONTENTS: Closing instructions and greetings of Paul. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, Apollos, Aquila, Priscilla, Stephanas, Fortunatus, Achaicus. CONCLUSION: The Christian should lay by money in...
1 Corinthians 16:1. _The collection for the saints,_ chiefly for the poor ministers of the word. This was to be done once a week, and it is the ancient and best way for poor people to support the gosp...
STEPHANAS AND HIS FAMILY. These people are good examples of what he has said in 1 Corinthians 16:13-14. See note on 1 Corinthians 1:16....
_Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear._ PAUL’S AFFECTIONATE RECOMMENDATION OF TIMOTHY TEACHES US THAT YOUNG MINISTERS 1. Often need encouragement. 2. Should be respected...
_Ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia._ THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS I. Its happiness--united in-- 1. Faith. 2. Hope. 3. Purpose. II. Its true nobility--precedence of--...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13 Closing Admonitions and Greetings. Paul tells the Corinthians to persevere, love, and submit to good leaders. He then gives greetings from Christians in Asia....
CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _Now concerning the collection for the saints._ The saints here meant were the poor Christians living at Jerusalem. Cf. ver. 3 and Romans 15:26. For the Christians at Jerusalem, as...
_I beseech you, brethren_, &c. Theophylact arranges this verse and the next in this way: I beseech you, brethren, that ye submit yourselves to Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and to every one tha...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 16:15.—Postscript-like personal matters _begin here_. ACHAIA.—This corrects the wrong reading in Romans 16:5. STEPHANAS’ HOUSEHOLD.—See 1 Corinthians 1:16.
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 16:1 _Directions and arrangements._ 1 CORINTHIANS 16:1 NOW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS. "The saints" are here the poor Christians at Jerusalem ...
And so he writing to them now about taking up a collection for the saints [that are in Jerusalem], as he asked also the churches in the area of Galatia. Now he said on the first day of the week (1 Cor...
1 Corinthians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 16:17; 1 Peter 4:10; 1 Timothy 5:10;...
Achaia. In a restricted sense, the northwest of Peloponnesus; but often used by the poets for the whole of Greece. Under the Romans Greece was divided into two provinces, Macedonia and Achaia; the for...
THE POSTLUDE 1 Corinthians 16:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Final words are always listened to eagerly among friends. That is the reason we are calling the study for today, a postlude, because they are the...
The first fruits of Achaia — The first converts in that province....
Observe here, 1. The honourable mention which St. Paul makes of Stephanas, and his house; they were the first fruits of Achaia, that is, the first three converted to Christianity. It is. great honour...