Romans 16:1
I commend to your care our sister, Phoebe, who is a minister of the church at Cenchreae;
Open English Bible (US)
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 hundred times as much, even now in the present – houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land, though not without persecutions – and in the age that is coming, eternal life.
Acts 18:18Paul remained there some time after this, and then took leave of the followers, and sailed to Syria with Priscilla and Aquila, but not before his head had been shaved at Cenchreae, because he was under a vow.
1 Timothy 5:2the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters – with all purity.
James 2:15Suppose some brother or sister should be in need of clothes and of daily bread,
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 →