15 Now ^aI urge you, brothers¹—you know that the household² of ^bStephanas were the first converts³ in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ^cservice of the saints— 16 ^dbe subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. 17 I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because ^ethey have made up for your absence, 18 for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. ^fGive recognition to such people.