Philemon 1:2
And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5And the church which is in their house. Salute Epenetus, my beloved: who is the firstfruits of Asia in Christ.
Philippians 2:25But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer, and fellow soldier, but your apostle, and he that hath ministered to my wants.
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil 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 →