For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.

The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that is in his house.

to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.

Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord.

The Elder, to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

I encourage you, brethren; you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have appointed themselves to the ministry of the saints;

Of His own purpose He brought us forth by the Word of Truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He leads. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make certain gifts for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem.

And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

And when he was minded to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, encouraging the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

for I know your willingness, about which I exult of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority.