Philemon 1:2
And to our sister Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
Revised King James 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
1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved fellow labourer,
3Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Romans 16:5Also greet the church that is in their house. Greet my well-beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.
Philippians 2:25Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my needs.
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus, Take heed that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord.
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 →