² for I know your readiness, ^(A)of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready ^(B)since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.

¹⁰ And in this matter ^(A)I give my judgment: ^(B)this benefits you, who ^(C)a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it.

^8 (A)I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

²⁴ So give proof before the churches of your love and of ^(A)our boasting about you to these men.

²⁴ And ^(A)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

¹⁵ Now I urge you, brothers^[a]—you know that ^(A)the household^[b] of Stephanas were ^(B)the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves ^(C)to the service of the saints—

⁷ so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

¹⁹ And not only that, but he has been ^(A)appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of ^(B)grace that is being ministered by us, ^(C)for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.

⁴ I am acting with ^(A)great boldness toward you; ^(B)I have great pride in you; ^(C)I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of Christ Jesus ^(B)by the will of God, and ^(C)Timothy our brother,

To the church of God that is at Corinth, ^(D)with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: