Romans 16:1

I commend to you Phœbe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church that is in Cenchrea,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

In Context

2that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of saints, and that you aid her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she has aided many, and myself also.

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Cross References

Mark 10:30who shall not receive a hundred-fold, now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

Acts 18:18And Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren, and sailed to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

1 Timothy 5:2the elder women, as mothers; the younger women, as sisters, with all purity.

James 2:15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

Matthew Henry on Romans 16:1

Paul is now concluding this long and excellent epistle, and he does it with a great deal of affection. As in the main body of the epistle he appears to have been a very knowing man, so in these appurtenances of it he appears to have been a very loving man. So much knowledge and so much love are a very rare, but (where they exist) a very excellent and amiable—composition; for what is heaven but knowledge and love made perfect? It is observable how often Paul speaks as if he were concluding, and yet takes fresh hold… Read the whole commentary →

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