Romans 16:1
I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae;
Noyes 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 10:30who will not receive a hundredfold in the time that now is, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come everlasting life.
Acts 18:18And Paul, having stayed many days longer, took leave of the brethren, and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, after he had shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
1 Timothy 5:2the elder women, as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.
James 2:15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of 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 →