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Sister Phoebe Commended

1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in aCenchrea,  
2 athat you may receive her in the Lord bin a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.  

Greeting Roman Saints

3 Greet aPriscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,  
4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
5 Likewise greet athe church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is bthe firstfruits of Achaia to Christ.  
6 Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
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Romans 16:1

Romans 16:1 Personal Salutations SUMMARY OF ROMANS 16: The Bearer of the Letter Commended. The Church Asked to Give Her Aid in the Work That Calls Her to. Rome. Greetings for Old Friends and Fellow-Laborers. A Household Church. Warned Against Divisions. Farewell Benediction. I commend unto you Phebe, our sister. Evidently the bearer of the letter, a sister in Christ. In this list of persons greeted, a number are women, and the greetings show how highly Paul esteemed woman's work in the church. A servant. The word is "diakonia" ("deacon") in the Greek. The word also means "servant", as rendered, but we know that there were deaconesses in the church of the first century, and Paul, in giving her a recommendation, no doubt mentions her office. To say that she was a servant of the church, would convey no special distinction. In the East, where women were so much secluded, deaconesses would be a necessity. Paul evidently refers to them (I Timothy 5:9). Ignatius, a companion of the apostles, mentions them in one of his epistles, and Pliny does also, in his famous letter to Trajan, early in the second century. Which is at Cenchrea. Paul wrote this letter at Corinth; Cenchrea was its seaport, on the Aegean Sea, about nine miles from the city. A small town with the old name still marks its site.




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