Philemon 1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: As vast buildings, publicly consecrated and set apart, were impossible from the nature of the case in the earliest years of Christianity, houses of considerable size were employed for worship — like those of Aquila at Rome, of Nymphas or Philemon at Colosse — and the name of "church" seems to have been transferred at an early period from the collection of living souls to the building in which they met. (Bp. Wm. Alexander.) Parallel Verses KJV: And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:WEB: to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house: |
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