Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
- BSB Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
- NKJV Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ.
- NASB also greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.
- NLT Also give my greetings to the church that meets in their home. Greet my dear friend Epenetus. He was the first person from the province of Asia to become a follower of Christ.
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Quick answer
Paul greets the church meeting in their house and Epaenetus, the first convert in Achaia. He honors both a house church and an early, beloved believer.
Overview
Prisca and Aquila hosted a congregation in their home, reflecting how the early church gathered in houses. Paul also greets Epaenetus, his 'beloved' and the 'first fruits' of Asia (or Achaia) for Christ, the firstfruits being the earliest convert of that region. These warm, specific greetings reveal Paul's personal love for individual believers and the relational fabric of the early church.
Cross-references & the web
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- Col 4:15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
- Phlm 1:2And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
- 1 Cor 16:19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
- 1 Cor 16:15I 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,)
- Matt 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- Rom 16:12Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
- Jas 1:18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- Rom 11:16For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
- Acts 18:27And 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:
- Acts 18:12And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
- 3 Jn 1:1The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
- Rev 14:4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
- Rom 15:26For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
- 2 Cor 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
- Rom 16:8Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
- 2 Cor 9:2For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
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