Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And to our beloved Apphia - This was a female (Greek ̓͂ͅ agapētē ), and was probably the wife of Philemon.
And Archippus our fellow-soldier - See the notes at Colossians 4:17. It has been supposed that he was a son of Philemon, and this would appear not to be improbable, as he was one of his family. On the term "fellow-soldier," see the notes at Philippians 2:25. It is applied here to one who was a minister of the gospel, and who is spoken of in con nection with Paul as enlisted under the banners of the Captain of salvation, and waging a warfare with the wickedness of the world; compare the notes at II Timothy 2:3-4. That Archippus was a minister of the gospel, is clear from Colossians 4:17.
And to the church in thy house - Either the church that commonly met in his house, or more probably that was composed of his own family; compare the notes at Romans 16:5.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Philemon 1:2:
Philippians 2:25
Colossians 4:17
Colossians 4:17
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