I beseech you, brethren, &c.— Dr. Heylin renders these verses thus: Ye know that the family of Stephanas is, &c.—I beseech you then, my brethren, 1 Corinthians 16:16 that you pay all deference to them, and all others who like them assist us in our labours. Dr. Doddridge reads, I beseech you, brethren, as ye know the household of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and as they have set themselves to ministering to the saints, 1 Corinthians 16:16 that you subject yourselves to such, and to every associate in that work and labour. The 15th verse seems to imply, that it was the generous care of the whole family to assist their fellow-christians; so that there was not a member of it which did not do its part.
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1 Corinthians 16:15-16
15 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,)
16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.