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<p> (1 Corinthians 16:17). Of Stephanas' household probably 1 Corinthians 1:16), which [[Paul]] himself baptized. At [[Ephesus]] with [[Stephanas]] and [[Achaicus]] when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians. </p>

<p> <strong> FORTUNATUS </strong> . The name of an apparently young member of the household of Stephanas, and a Corinthian. With [[Stephanas]] and [[Achaicus]] he visited St. [[Paul]] at [[Ephesus]] ( 1 Corinthians 16:17 ); he had probably been baptized by the [[Apostle]] himself ( 1 Corinthians 1:16 ). Lightfoot ( <em> [[Clement]] </em> , i. 29, ii. 187) thinks that he may well have been alive forty years later, and that he may be the [[Fortunatus]] mentioned in Clement of Rome’s [[Epistle]] to the Corinthians (§ <strong> 65 </strong> ). The manner in which the name is there introduced suggests that it belongs to a Corinthian. </p> <p> A. J. Maclean. </p>

<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 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). 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>