“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,) / That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.”
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“And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: / For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.”
“And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, / Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.”
“So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.”
“For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.”
“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; / And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.”
“And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; / And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; / That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.”
