4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
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Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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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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