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1 Corinthians 16:17 I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas (215 words) |
 | And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they supplied. |
| I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. |
| It is a joy to me that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus have now arrived, because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied. |
| That Which is Lacking on Your Part (222 words) |
| Sad, was it not, that the Corinthian church, undoubtedly the largest of all the churches founded by Paul, had been so ungenerous and so insensitive even to Paul's personal needs that he had to labor at tentmaking in order to minister to them. |
| It seems that others were always bearing the Corinthians' financial responsibilities for them, so that he had to write from Philippi with a touch of reproof, that he was glad for the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus, since: "that which was lacking on your part they have supplied" (I Cor. |
| Again, it is invariably the faithful few who supply "that which is lacking" on the part of the many. |
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