罗马书 16:1 CUVS

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:1-20

K. Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:1-23

Christian salutations. There remain now only salutations and conclusions. But the same courteous love shall be manifested to the end. Nowhere do the ethics of the new life come out more delicately than in these trivialities, as some would deem them, of epistolary correspondence. They are as the fragrance of the rose. I. First, the letter-bearer is commended to their care. "Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the Church." The mere sisterhood in Christ should be enough, but she was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

Salutations and benedictions. The programme being sketched, the apostle now proceeds to the salutations and benedictions with which his Epistles usually end. And here notice— I. THE DISTINGUISHED PLACE OCCUPIED IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH BY WOMEN . There are no less than nine women specially referred to in this list, and all are active in the Church. Some were deaconesses; for instance, Phoebe, Mary, Tryphena and Tryphosa, and Persis. Oriental society separates the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 16:1

I commend - It was common then, as now, to bear letters of introduction to strangers, commending the person thus introduced to the favorable regards and attentions of those to whom the letters were addressed; 2 Corinthians 3:1; Acts 18:27. This Epistle, with the apostle’s commendation, was designed thus to introduce its bearer to the Roman Christians. The mention of Phebe in this manner leaves it beyond a doubt that she was either the bearer of this Epistle, or accompanied those who bore it to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 16:1-2

Romans 16:1-2. I commend Rather, recommend; unto you That is, To your love and assistance; Phebe our sister The bearer of this letter; a servant Or deaconess, as the Greek word signifies; of the church at Cenchrea Which seems to have been a church distant from that at Corinth. Indeed, this place, being situated on the Saronic gulf, was about seventy furlongs, near nine miles, distant from that city; therefore those Christians that lived there could not with convenience, at least... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

Personal greetings (16:1-27)The person who took this letter to Rome was Phoebe, a woman well respected for her work in the church in Cenchreae, one of the seaports of Corinth. She had been a tireless helper of Paul and many others, and Paul asks the Roman Christians to welcome her (16:1-2).Paul then sends greetings to a number of people whom he had met during his missionary travels and who now lived in Rome. First among these were Paul’s loyal friends, Aquila and Priscilla. They were now back... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 16:1

commend. See Romans 3:5 . unto = to. Phebe . Only here; "bright", or "pure", the feminine of Phoebus, otherwise Apollo, the sun-god. Her name indicates a convert from paganism. She was probably the bearer of the epistle to Rome. See Introduction Notes, p. 1661. which = who. servant . App-190 . church . Greek. ekklesia. App-186 . at . App-104 . Cenchrea . See Acts 18:18 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 16:1

This chapter continues the final remarks which began at Romans 15:14, in which there are numerous, personal references to Christians in Rome from Paul and other Christians associated with him, with a concluding warning against divisive teachers, and a magnificent final doxology. No less than 24 persons were saluted by name, plus household groups of Aristobulus and of Narcissus, plus the mother of Rufus and the sister of Nereus.It is strange, when first noted, that in only Romans and Colossians... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 16:1

Romans 16:1. I commend unto you, &c.— This chapter consists chiefly of salutations. Throughout the whole Epistle the Apostle has demonstrated his affectionate regards to the whole society of Christians at Rome. But it was still more engaging to take a friendly notice of the principal persons by name, adding to several of them the honourable character whichthey deserved, or some special mark of his esteem. In the midst of these expressions of his love, the great design of writing the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 16:1

1. I commend unto you Phoeligbebe our sister, which is a servant—or "deaconess" of the church which is at Cenchrea—The word is "Cenchreæ," the eastern part of Corinth (Acts 18:18). That in the earliest churches there were deaconesses, to attend to the wants of the female members, there is no good reason to doubt. So early at least as the reign of Trajan, we learn from PLINY'S celebrated letter to that emperor—A.D. 110, or 111—that they existed in the Eastern churches. Indeed, from the relation... read more