Philemon 1:2
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
In Context
3May grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5Greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus my beloved, who is the firstfruit of Asia to Christ.
Philippians 2:25But I think it is necessary to send Epaphroditus back to you. He is my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and servant for my needs.
Colossians 4:17Say to Archippus, “Look to the ministry that you have received in the Lord, that you should 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 →