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Romans 16:1

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I COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
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  1. Acts 18:18Rank 1 from verse 1
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    18¶ And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

  2. 1 Peter 1:22–23Rank 2 from verse 1
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  3. 1 Timothy 5:9–10Rank 3 from verse 1
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    9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

    10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

  4. 1 Timothy 5:2Rank 4 from verse 1
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    2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

  5. James 2:15Rank 5 from verse 1
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    15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

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Romans 16:1

COMBINED MEANING

commend

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Sense 1: To entrust to another's care. Sense 2: To praise or recommend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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church

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Sense 1: An assembly or congregation belonging to God or Christ. Sense 2: In passages identifying the church with Christ's body, the body of which Christ is the head.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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16:1I COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

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16:2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

16:3Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

16:4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

16:5Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epænetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

16:6Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

16:7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

16:8Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.

16:9Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

16:10Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household.

16:11Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

16:12Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

16:13Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

16:14Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.

16:15Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

16:16Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

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