10Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.
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For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)Such remembrances as these are usual in letters between friends; and yet Paul, by the savouriness of his expressions, sanctifies these common compliments. I. Here is the recommendation of a friend, by whom (as some think) this epistle was sent—one Phebe , Rom. 16:1 , 2 . It should seem that she was a person of quality and estate, who had business which called her to Rome, where she was a stranger;…
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