Philemon 1:2
and to Apphia our sister, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
In Context
1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5Greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Asia to Christ.
Philippians 2:25But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;
Colossians 4:17Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you 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 →