Romans 16:1
Good News Translation
I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who serves the church at Cenchreae.

New Revised Standard Version
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae,

Contemporary English Version
I have good things to say about Phoebe, who is a leader in the church at Cenchreae.

New American Bible
I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is [also] a minister of the church at Cenchreae,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church, that is in Cenchrae:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church, that is in Cenchrae:

command.

2 Corinthians 3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?

our.

Matthew 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Mark 10:30 Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting.

1 Timothy 5:2 Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all chastity.

James 2:15 And if a brother or sister be naked and want daily food:

1 Peter 1:22,23 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly: . . .

a servant.

Luke 8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna and many others who ministered unto him of their substance.

1 Timothy 5:9,10 Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. . . .

Cenchrea.

Acts 18:18 But Paul, when he had stayed yet many days, taking his leave of the brethren, sailed thence into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shorn his head in Cenchrae. For he had a vow.

Context
Personal Greetings and Love
1And I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church, that is in Cenchrae: 2That you receive her in the Lord as becometh saints and that you assist her in whatsoever business she shall have need of you. For she also hath assisted many, and myself also.…
Cross References
Acts 18:18
But Paul, when he had stayed yet many days, taking his leave of the brethren, sailed thence into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shorn his head in Cenchrae. For he had a vow.

2 Corinthians 3:1
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?

Philemon 1:2
And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house.

Romans 15:33
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