Romans 16:1
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
In Context
Cross References
Mark 10:30will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Acts 18:18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
1 Timothy 5:2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
James 2:15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
Matthew Henry on Romans 16:1
Paul is now concluding this long and excellent epistle, and he does it with a great deal of affection. As in the main body of the epistle he appears to have been a very knowing man, so in these appurtenances of it he appears to have been a very loving man. So much knowledge and so much love are a very rare, but (where they exist) a very excellent and amiable—composition; for what is heaven but knowledge and love made perfect? It is observable how often Paul speaks as if he were concluding, and yet takes fresh hold… Read the whole commentary →