Verse 1

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

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  • Acts 18:18 : 18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he said goodbye to the brothers and sisters and set sail for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken.
  • 2 Cor 3:1 : 1 Are we beginning again to recommend ourselves? Or do we, like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
  • 1 Tim 5:9-9 : 9 A widow should be enrolled only if she is at least sixty years old and has been faithful to one husband, 10 and is well known for her good works: if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in affliction, and devoted herself to every good work.
  • Jas 2:15 : 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.
  • Mark 10:30 : 30 'who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this present age—homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—along with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.
  • Luke 8:3 : 3 And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, along with many others who were supporting Him out of their own possessions.