Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
first-fruits of Achaia—the first Achæan converts (compare Romans 16:5). The image is from the first-fruits offered to the Lord (Leviticus 23:10; compare I Corinthians 15:20). The members of this family had been baptized by Paul himself (I Corinthians 1:16).
addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints—Translate, "Set themselves, (that is, voluntarily) to minister unto the saints" (compare II Corinthians 8:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 16:15:
Romans 16:5
1 Corinthians 1:16
2 Thessalonians 2:13
1 Timothy 3:1
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