Bible Person
Meaning: crown; crowned · Male · 3 cross references
Stephanas is an early Corinthian believer whose household was among the firstfruits of Achaia and whose family became known for devoted service to the saints. He stands as a stabilizing lay leader within a troubled church. First appears in 1 Cor 1:16.1
AI summary: Stephanas matters because the cross references present him as both an early convert closely tied to Paul's ministry and as a household marked by practical service. In a letter addressing disorder and rivalry, Paul highlights Stephanas as the kind of person the church should recognize and respect. Taken together, the material presents Stephanas as a faithful Corinthian leader whose household embodies steady, service-shaped discipleship.1
Central Figure
Stephanas
Meaning: crown; crowned
Crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Cor.
Crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Cor. 1:16; 16:15, 17). He has been supposed by some to have been the “jailer of Philippi” (comp. Acts 16:33). The First Epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi some six years after the jailer’s conversion, and he was with the apostle there at that time. 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.