For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Romans 16:1 - New Revised Standard Version I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition NOW I introduce and commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae, American Standard Version (1901) I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: Common English Bible I’m introducing our sister Phoebe to you, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae. Catholic Public Domain Version Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is in the ministry of the church, which is at Cenchreae, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church, that is in Cenchrae: |
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.
and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources.
After staying there for a considerable time, Paul said farewell to the believers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut, for he was under a vow.
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?
to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: