Romans 16:1

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is in Cenchrea,

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I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

In Context

2in order that you may receive her in the Lord. Do this in a manner worthy of the saints, and stand by her in whatever matter she may have need of you. For she herself as well has become a helper of many, and of myself as well.

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Cross References

Mark 10:30who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this world: houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternal life.

Acts 18:18Paul, after staying there for many more days, left the brothers and sailed for Syria with Priscilla and Aquila. Before he left the seaport, Cenchrea, he had his hair cut off because of a vow he had taken.

1 Timothy 5:2Exhort older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters in all purity.

James 2:15Suppose that a brother or sister is badly clothed and lacks food for the day.

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 →

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