Romans 16:1

I recommend to you Phebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea:

1770 John Worsley NT

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

2that ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints, and assist her in whatever affair she may have need of you; for she also hath been a helper of many others, as well as of myself.

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Cross References

Mark 10:30or lands for my sake and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold: now in this time indeed, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions; but in the world to come life everlasting.

Acts 18:18And after Paul had staid there yet a considerable time, he took leave of the brethren, and sailed from thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, after he had shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

1 Timothy 5:2the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.

James 2:15If 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 →

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