Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
Ver. 15. Salute the brethren] Christianity is no enemy to courtesy. It removes not, but rectifies it.
The brethren which are in Laodicea] There God had his remnant, there Christ was Amen, the faithful and true witness, and there there were such as by a new creation of God were begotten again, even among so careless a multitude, Revelation 3:14. There remain in Constantinople at this day above 20 churches of Christians; and in Thessalonica above 30, besides very many churches abroad in the province, &c. The whole country of Asia the Less, wherein stood Colosse, Laodicea, and Hierapolis, is now under the power and superstition of the Turk; yet no doubt God hath his remnant there. (Chytrae de statu Ecclesiar.)