Philemon 1:2
And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
In Context
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5And say a kind word to the church which is in their house. Give my love to my dear Epaenetus, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.
Philippians 2:25But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;
Colossians 4:17Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:2-8
Completed by Jeremiah Smith . This epistle to Philemon is placed the last of those with the name of Paul to them, perhaps because the shortest, and of an argument peculiar and different from all the others; yet such as the Spirit of God, who indited it, saw would, in its kind, be very instructive and useful in the churches. The occasion of it was this:—Philemon, one of note and probably a minister in the church of Colosse, a city of Phrygia, had a servant named Onesimus, who, having purloined his goods, ran away… Read the whole commentary →