1Cor 16:15, 17 | JFB | STEP | 15. first-fruits of Achaia —the first Achæan converts (compare ). The image is from the first-fruits offered to the Lord ( ; compare ). The members of this family had been baptized by Paul himself ( ). addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints —Translate, "Set themselves, (that is, voluntarily) to minister unto the saints" (compare ).

1 Corinthians 16:15

15. first-fruits of Achaia—the first Achæan converts (compare Ro 16:5). The image is from the first-fruits offered to the Lord (Le 23:10; compare 1Co 15:20). The members of this family had been baptized by Paul himself (1Co 1:16).

addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints—Translate, "Set themselves, (that is, voluntarily) to minister unto the saints" (compare 2Co 8:4).

1 Corinthians 16:17

17. Fortunatus . . . Achaicus—probably of Stephanas' household.

that . . . lacking on your part—So far as you were unable yourselves to "refresh my spirit," in that you are absent from me, "they have supplied" by coming to me from you, and so supplying the means of intercourse between you and me. They seem to have carried this letter back; see the subscription below: hence the exhortations, 1Co 16:16, 18, as though they would be at Corinth when the Epistle arrived.