¹⁵ Now I urge you, brothers^[a]—you know that ^(A)the household^[b] of Stephanas were ^(B)the first converts^[c] in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves ^(C)to the service of the saints—

¹⁷ I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for ^(A)your absence,