Romans 16:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: ”

• Romans 16:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I commend - It was common then, as now, to bear letters of introduction to strangers, commending the person thus introduced to the favorable regards and attentions of those to whom the letters we...

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• Romans 16:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  I (1) commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: (1) Having made an end of the whole discussion, he comes now to familiar commendations and salutations...

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• Romans 16:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Romans 16:1 f. Commendation of the Letter-bearer. The church in Kenchreæ (the eastern haven of Corinth). Paul had established churches in the whole of Achaia ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 ).Deacon(ess): har...

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• Romans 16:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  commend. See Romans 3:5 . unto . to. Phebe . Only here; "bright", or "pure", the feminine of Phoebus, otherwise Apollo, the sun-god. Her name indicates. convert from paganism. She was probably...

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• Romans 16:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. I commend to you, etc. The greater part of this chapter is taken up with salutations; and as they contain no difficulties, it would be useless to dwell long on them. I shall only touch on...

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• Romans 16:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: I commend unto you Phoebe - As the apostle had not been at Rome previously to his writing this epistle, he...

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• Romans 16:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I commend unto you, &c.— This chapter consists chiefly of salutations. Throughout the whole Epistle the Apostle has demonstrated his affectionate regards to the whole society of Christians at R...

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• Romans 16:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: Recommendation of Phoebe to the Roman Church ( Romans 16:1-2 ) I commend unto you Phebe our sister...

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• Romans 16:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Commend ] i.e. introduce: cp. Romans 12:18 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1 . Apparently, Phoebe was the bearer of the Epistle. Servant ] lit. 'deacon,' RM 'deaconess': translated 'deacon' in Philippians 1...

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• Romans 16:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Phebe. — As the Roman Church is especially exhorted to receive Phebe, it has been inferred that she was one of the party to which St. Paul entrusted his Epistle, if not the actual bearer of it hers...

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• Romans 16:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 32 A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGY Romans 16:1-27 ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the hou...

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• Romans 16:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Personal Interest in Fellow-Christians Romans 16:1-16 Here is a window into Paul's heart. He was apparently disowned by his own kindred, yet, as the Lord had promised, He had mothers, sisters,...

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• Romans 16:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In the salutation twenty-six persons are named. Two-thirds of these names are Greek, which, in all probability, are names of persons the apostle had actually known in his work in Asia. Phoebe was spe...

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• Romans 16:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS This Chapter, which closeth the Epistle, is chiefly Greetings and Salutations to certain Persons of the Church, known to the Apostle. Paul closeth the whole with ascribing Praise and Glory...

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• Romans 16:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I commend unto you Phebe our sister ,.... This chapter chiefly consists of commendations and salutations of persons, and begins with the former. It was usual to give letters of commendation of a mem...

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• Romans 16:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: Ver. 1. Servant of the Church ] A deaconess to minister to the sick, as 1 Timothy 5:9 , not a praedic...

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• Romans 16:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I commend Rather, recommend; unto you That is, To your love and assistance; Phebe our sister The bearer of this letter; a servant Or deaconess , as the Greek word signifies; of the church a...

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• Romans 16:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Communications, Greetings and Closing This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth subdivision of the last division (Chapter s 12 to 16) of the book, we may expect in some se...

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• Romans 16:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Friendly Salutations; Apostolic Salutations. A. D.  58.       1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister,...

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• Romans 16:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  ROMANS CHAPTER 16 Romans 16:1,2 Paul commendeth Phebe to the Christians at Rome, Romans 16:3-16 and sendeth salutations to many by name. Romans 16:17-20 He warneth them to take heed of th...

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• Romans 16:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae, that you receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may...

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• Romans 16:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Romans 16:1 .—In the East women were not permitted to mix in the society of men as in the Western world they are at present. Women were kept in a secluded room, γυνὰ κείον. Thus it...

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• Romans 16:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Romans 16:1 . I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church. Διακονον, a deaconess of the church at Cenehrea, the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purifie...

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• Romans 16:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I commend unto you Phebe. Phebe of Cenchrea 1. Cenchrea was a thriving sea-port town about eight miles from Corinth, from which the Corinthian commerce was carried on with the East. Thence Paul...

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• Romans 16:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Romans 16:1-45 K. Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome. Romans 16:1 , Romans 16:2 I commend unto you Phoebe our sister ( i.e. fellow-Chr...

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• Romans 16:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  I commend unto you Phoebe, our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea,

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• Romans 16:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 1:22 ; 1 Peter 1:23 ; 1 Timothy 5:10 ; 1 Timothy 5:2 ; 1 Timothy 5:9 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1 ; Acts 18:18 ; James 2:15 ; Luke 8:3 ; Mark 10:30 ; Matthew 12:50

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• Romans 16:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Women of the Early Church Romans 16:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is, perhaps, no one chapter in the Bible which so marvelously reveals the womanhood of the early church, as the women desc...

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• Romans 16:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  I commend unto you Phebe — The bearer of this letter. A servant — The Greek word is a deaconness. Of the church in Cenchrea — In the apostolic age, some grave and pious women were appointed deaconn...

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