5Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
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Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
I beseech you, brethren,(ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
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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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