Romans 16:1
And I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
In Context
Cross References
Mark 10:30who will not receive a hundredfold, here in the present time, houses, and brothers and sisters, and mothers and children, and lands, with persecution; and in the world to come eternal life.
Acts 18:18And when Paul had been there many days, he bid adieu to the brethren, and departed by sea to go to Syria. And with him went Priscilla and Aquila, when he had shaved his head at Cenchrea, because he had vowed a vow.
1 Timothy 5:2and the elder women, as mothers; and the younger women, as thy sisters, with all purity.
James 2:15Or if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
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 →