For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
Ver. 1. The ministering to the saints] Or the service that ye owe the saints in ministering to their necessities, διακονια. Amadeus, duke of Savoy, Stephanus, king of Hungary, Hooper, bishop of Gloucester, and Doctor Taylor, martyr, are famous for their labour of love in ministering to the saints.