Achaia

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A region of Greece)
• Paul visitsActs 18Acts 19:21Romans 16:51 Corinthians 16:152 Corinthians 1:1
• Benevolence of the Christians inRomans 15:262 Corinthians 9:22 Corinthians 11:10

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Acts 18:1

   After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.

   ›Commentary on Acts 18:12 voices

   “After these things,.... The Arabic version renders it, "after these words, or discourses"; after the apostle's disputation with the philosophers, and his sermon in the Areopagus, the effects of which are before related: Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; the metropolis of Achaia, or Peloponnesus.

   “Paul was led by the Spirit to Corinth; and in Corinth he had to remain, because the Athenians, despite the fact that they loved to hear news, did not heed the truth, since they cared not about the essence of the matter, but about always …

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2. Acts 19:21

   After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

   ›Commentary on Acts 19:212 voices

   “After these things were ended - After the gospel was firmly established at Ephesus, so that his presence there was no longer necessary. Purposed in the spirit - Resolved in his mind. When he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia - In these places he had founded flourishing churches. It is probable that his main object in this visit was to take up a collection for the poor saints at Jerusalem. See the notes on Rom 15:25-26. To go to Jerusalem - To bear the contribution of the Gentile churches to the poor and oppressed Christians in Judea.

   “After these things were ended,....

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3. Romans 15:26

   For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

   ›Commentary on Romans 15:262 voices

   “Second, he explains what he had said about the ministry to the saints, saying: for it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, i.e., the faithful from both regions converted by him, to make a contribution, i.e., to collect something, for the poor of Christ, …

   “But now I shall set out for Jerusalem to minister to the saints. For it has pleased Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem. For it has pleased them, and they are their debtors: for if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in carnal things.

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4. Romans 16:5

   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.

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   “Greet Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus (who laid down their own necks for my life: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles), and the church that is in their house.

   “Greet Epaenetus my beloved, who is the beginning of Asia in Christ.

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5. 1 Corinthians 16:15

   You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,

   ›Commentary on 1 Corinthians 16:152 voices

   “Paul calls these people the "first fruits" of Achaia, either because they were the first to be converted or because their piety was greater than that of others or because they refused to be ordained on account of their great humility and instead dedicated themselves …

   “I beseech you, brethren,.... Entreat or exhort you as brethren in the Lord; this entreaty or exhortation is to submission to fellow helpers and labourers of the ministry, more particularly expressed in the following verse, after the apostle has given a character of the household of Stephanas, who are principally intended, and which contains reasons and arguments why they should be submitted to; and which account stands in the following parenthesis, ye know the house of Stephanas; a person of note at Corinth, whom the apostle had baptized, together with his family, 1Co 1:

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6. 2 Corinthians 1:1

   Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

   ›Commentary on 2 Corinthians 1:11 voice

   “Paul does not always mention other people besides himself in his salutations. I think that he does this when one of his associates is well-known to the intended recipients. "With all the saints" is ambiguous. Either it means all the saints who were with Paul, …

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7. 2 Corinthians 9:2

   For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

   ›Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:21 voice

   “The other churches followed after Corinth. When they heard that a church which had previously been involved in many errors had put them right, they were moved to good works. After accepting the faith and then behaving badly, they began to have this desire to …

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8. 2 Corinthians 11:10

   As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

   ›Commentary on 2 Corinthians 11:102 voices

   “Paul urges the whole of Achaia to give aid to the saints, but at the same time he refuses to take anything for himself from any of them.

   “As the truth of Christ is in me,....

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