Philemon 1:2
And to the beloued Apphia, and to Archippus our felowe souldier, and to the Churche in thy house:
Bible (Bishops')
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 Lorde Iesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5Lykewyse [greete] the Churche that is in their house. Salute my welbeloued Epenetus, which is the first fruite of Achaia in Christe.
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus: take heede to the ministerie that thou hast receaued in the Lorde, that thou fulfyll 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 →