Philemon 1:2
and to Apphia, most beloved sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in your house.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
In Context
1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow laborer,
3Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5and greet the church at their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is among the first-fruits of Asia in Christ.
Philippians 2:25Now I have considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and co-worker, and fellow soldier, and an attendant to my needs, but your Apostle.
Colossians 4:17And tell Archippus: “See to the ministry that you have received in the Lord, in order to fulfill it.”
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 →