Romans 16:1
Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is in the ministry of the church, which is at Cenchreae,
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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
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Mark 10:30who will not receive one hundred times as much, now in this time: houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land, with persecutions, and in the future age eternal life.
Acts 18:18Yet truly, Paul, after he had remained for many more days, having said goodbye to the brothers, sailed into Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. Now he had shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had made a vow.
1 Timothy 5:2with old women, like mothers; with young women, in all chastity, like sisters.
James 2:15So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of 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 →