12Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
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And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; …
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. …
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. …
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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