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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
- KJV Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto 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.
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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 4:15Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.
- Phlm 1:2to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
- 1 Cor 16:19The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
- 1 Cor 16:15Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints),
- Matt 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
- Rom 16:12Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
- Jas 1:18Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
- Rom 11:16If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
- Acts 18:27When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
- Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
- 3 Jn 1:1The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
- Rev 14:4These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
- Rom 15:26For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
- 2 Cor 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
- Rom 16:8Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.
- 2 Cor 9:2for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
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