I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church at Cenchrea. [Note: This was a seaport town about seven miles east of Corinth].
Philemon 1:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) and to Apphia our sister [Note: This was probably Philemon’s wife], and to Archippus our fellow-soldier [Note: This was probably Philemon’s preacher son. See Col. 4:17] and to the church [that meets] in your house. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier [in the Christian warfare], and to the church [assembly that meets] in your house: American Standard Version (1901) and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house: Common English Bible Apphia our sister, Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church that meets in your house. Catholic Public Domain Version and to Apphia, most beloved sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in your house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house: |
I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church at Cenchrea. [Note: This was a seaport town about seven miles east of Corinth].
I also send greetings to the church that meets in their house. Greetings to my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia [Note: This was a province in the western part of present-day Turkey].
The churches in Asia send you their greetings [Note: This was the westernmost province in present-day Turkey]. Aquila and Prisca [Note: This married couple were close friends and fellow-tentmakers of Paul], along with the church that meets in their house, send you their warm greetings in [fellowship with] Christ.
But I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger [to me] and minister to my needs.
Greet the brothers who are at Laodicia, and Nympha, along with the church that meets in her house.
And tell Archippus [Note: He may have been the preacher at Colosse or Laodicia. See Philemon 1:1-2]; “See to it that you fulfill your ministry [there], which you have received in [the service of] the Lord.”