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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
In the beginning too he mentions this man, saying, "I baptized also the home of Stephanas:" and now he speaks of him as "the first-fruits" not of Corinth only, but also of all Greece. And this too is no small encomium that he was the first to come to Christ. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Here a rearrangement is needed: I beseech you, that ye also submit yourselves unto such; the rest is inserted. You, he says, know, and do not need instruction from me. He calls the household of Stephanas the "firstfruits" of Achaia either because it was the first to believe, or because it also led a beautiful life; for the firstfruits must always have superiority over that of which it is the beginning. By Achaia he means Hellas. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, I urge you brothers, he instructs them how they ought to conduct themselves with some in particular. And first, as to those who seem to have a privilege in spiritual things; secondly as to those who seem to have a privilege in corporal works. Therefore he says, I urge you brothers: you know, i.e., you approve, the household of Stephanus and Fortunatus and Achaicus. …
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