TSK · Romans 16:5

Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you

¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,