Romans 16:13
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
In Context
14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brothers who are with them.
Cross References
Matthew 12:49And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold; My mother, and My brothers!
Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you may ask the Father in My name He may give to you.
Ephesians 1:4even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love,
1 Timothy 5:2older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
Matthew Henry on Romans 16:2-17
Friendly Salutations; Apostolic Salutations. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5… Read the whole commentary →