Philemon 1:2
and to Apphia the beloved[1:2], and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 salute the church that is in their house. Salute Epenetus, my beloved, who is the first-fruits of Asia unto Christ.
Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my wants.
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which thou didst receive in the Lord, that thou 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 →