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Personal Greetings and Love

Romans 16:5

In 9 translations

BSB
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.Literally in Asia; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey.
KJV
Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
WEB
Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
ASV
and salute the church that is in their house. Salute Epænetus my beloved, who is the firstfruits of Asia unto Christ.
LSV
and the assembly at their house; greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is first-fruit of Achaia to Christ.
YLT
and the assembly at their house; salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is first-fruit of Achaia to Christ.
DBY
and the assembly at their house. Salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is [the] first-fruits of Asia for Christ.
DRC
And the church which is in their house. Salute Epenetus, my beloved: who is the firstfruits of Asia in Christ.
GNV
Likewise greete the Church that is in their house. Salute my beloued Epenetus, which is the first fruites of Achaia in Christ.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read Ἀσίας (“of Asia”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἀχαΐας (“of Achaia”).
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  • SBLGNT: Ἀσίας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἀσίας; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἀχαΐας.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ τὴν κατʼ οἶκον αὐτῶν ἐκκλησίαν. ἀσπάσασθε Ἐπαίνετον τὸν ἀγαπητόν μου, ὅς ἐστιν ἀπαρχὴ τῆς Ἀσίας εἰς Χριστόν.
RP2018
καὶ τὴν κατ’ οἶκον αὐτῶν ἐκκλησίαν. Ἀσπάσασθε Ἐπαίνετον τὸν ἀγαπητόν μου, ὅς ἐστιν ἀπαρχὴ τῆς Ἀχαΐας εἰς χριστόν.
TR-Boyd
καὶ τὴν κατ᾿ οἶκον αὐτῶν ἐκκλησίαν. Ἀσπάσασθε Ἐπαίνετον τὸν ἀγαπητόν μου, ὅς ἐστιν ἀπαρχὴ τῆς Ἀχαΐας εἰς Χριστόν.
SCR1894
και την κατ οικον αυτων εκκλησιαν ασπασασθε επαινετον τον αγαπητον μου ος εστιν απαρχη της αχαιας εις χριστον

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  • Colossians 4:15Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.
  • 1 Corinthians 16:19The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
  • Philemon 1:2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
  • 1 Corinthians 16:15You 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,
  • Matthew 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
  • Romans 16:8Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
  • Acts 18:27When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
  • Romans 11:16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
  • Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
  • 2 Corinthians 9:2For 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.
  • Romans 15:26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
  • 3 John 1:1The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:
  • Romans 16:12Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
  • James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
  • Acts 18:12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:1Paul, 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:

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