Philemon 1:2
and to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church at thy house:
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
In Context
3grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5and the church which is in their house. Salute Epinetus my beloved, who is the first-fruits of Achaia unto Christ.
Philippians 2:25But I have thought it necessary to send unto you Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-labourer, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and the minister who supplied my want.
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received from the 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 →