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<p> [[Fortunatus]] was one of three deputies from the Church in [[Corinth]] who visited St. Paul in Ephesus, perhaps bearing letters, and to whom he refers in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:17-18. Nothing more is known of him. It seems unlikely that all the deputies would belong to one household, as Weizsäcker ( <i> Apostol. [[Age]] </i> , Eng. translation, i. 2 [1897] 305) suggests, or that all were slaves (so T. C Edwards, <i> ad loc. </i> ). [[Clement]] refers to a Fortunatus (in <i> Ep. ad Cor </i> . § 65) as accompanying his messengers from Rome to Corinth, but distinguishes him from them; the name, however, is too common for identification (see [[Achaicus]] and Stephanas). </p> <p> J. E. Roberts. </p>

<p> '''Fortuna'tus.''' (fortunate). &nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:17. One of the three Corinthians, the others being Stephanas and Achaicus, who were at Ephesus when St. Paul wrote his first Epistle. There is a Fortunatus mentioned in the end of Clement's first Epistle to the Corinthians, who was possibly the same person. </p>

<p> (Graecized Φορτούνατος ), a disciple of Corinth, of [[Roman]] birth or origin, as his name indicates, who visited Paul at Ephesus, and returned, along with Stephanus and Achaicus, in charge of that apostle's first Epistle to the [[Corinthian]] Church (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:17), A.D. 54. Some have supposed that these three Corinthian brethren were "they which are of the house of Chloe" (οἱ Χλοῆς ), alluded to in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:11; but the language of irony, in which the apostle must in that case be interpreted in chapter 16 as speaking of their presence, would become sarcasm too cutting for so tender a heart as Paul's to have uttered among his valedictions. "The household of Stephanas" is mentioned in chapter 1:16 as having been baptized by Paul himself: perhaps Fortunatus and Achaicus may have been members of that household. There is a Fortunatus mentioned at the end of Clement's first Epistle to the Corinthians, who was possibly the same person. </p>

<p> '''''fôr''''' -'''''t̬ū̇''''' -'''''nā´tus''''' ( Φορτουνάτος , <i> '''''Phortounátos''''' </i> ): A R oman proper name turned into Gr; same as Latin adjective <i> fortunatus </i> , meaning "blest," or "fortunate." Found only once in the [[Bible]] (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:17 ). Fortunatus, with Stephanas and Achaicus, was an amabassador of the Corinthian church, whose presence at Ephesus refreshed the spirit of the apostle Paul. </p>