Philemon 1:2
to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house:
English Majority Text (NT)
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. 1 Philemon's Love and Faith
Cross References
Romans 16:5And greet the church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ.
Philippians 2:25Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my needs;
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you received in the Lord, that you 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 →