for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such people.
Watch, stand firm in the faith, act like men of courage and strength. A Christian is always in danger and must be vigilant; the Corinthians faced many threats, their feuds ran high, deceivers corrupted their doctrine, irregularities abounded. By faith alone we overcome the world and keep our ground in temptation; without it we fall.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 16:13-18
All the brethren greet you,.... Either the brethren, the members of the church at Ephesus; or the apostle's brethren in the ministry, that were along with him, as Sosthenes and others; or the brethren that were come to him from Corinth, namely Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus: greet ye one another with an holy kiss; See Gill on Rom 16:16.
Verse 18. For they have refreshed my spirit. By their presence and conversation. They have given me information respecting the state of things in the church; and their society has been with me of the most gratifying and cheering kind. And your's. "By removing," says locke, "those suspicions and fears that were on both sides." By this supplying your absence, they have benefited us both.