Philemon 1:2

and to our beloved Aphia, and to Arkipos our fellowlabourer,1 and to the church which is in thy house.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

In Context

1PAULOS, the bondman of Jeshu Meshiha, and the brother Timotheos, to the beloved Philemon, our fellow-labourer,

3Grace be with thee, and peace, from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

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Cross References

Romans 16:5And give salutation to the church which is in their house. Ask the peace of Epenetos, my beloved, who was the first-fruits of Akaia in the Meshiha.

Philippians 2:25But now the matter hath pressed me to send to you the brother Epaphroditos, who is a helper and labourer with me, but your messenger and minister to my necessity;

Colossians 4:17And say to Arkipos, Be vigilant in the ministry which thou hast received in our Lord, that thou fulfil 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 →

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