Philemon 1:2
and to our beloved Apphia, and to Archippus a laborer with us, and to the church in thy house.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
In Context
1These things speak thou, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise thee.
3Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
Cross References
Romans 16:5And give a salutation to the church which is in their house. Salute my beloved Epenetus, who was the first-fruits of Achaia in Messiah.
Philippians 2:25But now, a circumstance urged me to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother who is an assistant and laborer with me, but is your legate and minister to my wants.
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus: Be attentive to the ministry which thou hast received in our Lord, that thou 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 →