⁵ Greet also ^(A)the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was ^(B)the first convert^[a] to Christ in Asia.

¹⁵ Give my greetings to the brothers^[a] at Laodicea, and to Nympha and ^(A)the church in her house.

² and Apphia our sister and ^(A)Archippus our ^(B)fellow soldier, and ^(C)the church in your house:

Greetings

¹⁹ The churches of Asia send you greetings. ^(A)Aquila and Prisca, together with ^(B)the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.

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—

²⁰ For where two or three are ^(A)gathered in my name, ^(B)there am I among them.”

⁴ It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for ^(A)they are virgins. It is these ^(B)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as ^(C)firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

Greeting

^1 (A)The elder to the beloved Gaius, ^(B)whom I love in truth.

^18 (A)Of his own will he ^(B)brought us forth by the word of truth, ^(C)that we should be a kind of ^(D)firstfruits of his creatures.