Romans 16:1
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
2 Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.
3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
- KJV
- I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
- WEB
- I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
- ASV
- I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae:
- DARBY
- But I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is minister of the assembly which is in Cenchrea;
- BLB
- Now I commend to you⁺ Phoebe our sister, being also a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
- ÅB
- Jeg anbefaler dere Føbe, vår søster, som er menighetstjener i Kenkreæ.
- OTB
- Jeg introduserer for dere vår søster Føbe, en tjener for menigheten i Kenkreæ.
- B1930
- Jeg anbefaler eder Føbe, vår søster, som er menighets-tjenerinne i Kenkreæ,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 18:18
Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
Read in context1 Peter 1:22–23
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:9–10
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
Read in contextJames 2:15
Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
Read in contextMatthew 12:50
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Read in context1 Timothy 5:2
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Read in contextMark 10:30
will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Read in contextLuke 8:3
Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
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