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Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 16:1-16

The Women of the Early Church Romans 16:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is, perhaps, no one chapter in the Bible which so marvelously reveals the womanhood of the early church, as the women described in Romans 16:1-27 . The women of this chapter are those who were associated with Paul in his ministry, his missionary journeys, and his spiritual labors. 1. A strange statement concerning Paul and Christian women. Not long ago, a woman came to us quite excited, I would say almost wrathy. She said,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1-2

‘I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae, that you receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.’ Phoebe may well have been the one who bore Paul’s letter to Rome. Letters of commendation were a regular feature of the times and enabled travellers to find a welcome in places where they themselves were unknown.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1-16

1). Final Greetings And Exhortations (16:1-16). It is unusual to find such a detailed list of people to be greeted in Paul’s letters. Indeed, in most of his letters no specific person is individually greeted. The exceptions are Colossians (‘the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church which is in his house -- and say to Archippus --’) and 2 Timothy (‘Priscilla and Aquila and the house of Onesiphorus’). But here in Romans we have a long list. We may thus enquire as... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1-27

4). Final Greetings (16:1-27). We now come to the close of the letter. This final chapter divides up into three subsections: 1) Final greetings and exhortations (Romans 16:1-16). 2) Exhortation to beware of those who divide the church and of the need to be wise to what is good, with the assurance that God will cause them to triumph against Satan’s deceitfulness (Romans 16:17-20). 3) Greetings from fellow-labourers in the Gospel (Romans 16:21-23). read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1

Romans 16:1 f. Commendation of the Letter-bearer.—“ The church in Kenchreæ” (the eastern haven of Corinth). Paul had established churches “ in the whole of Achaia” ( 2 Corinthians 1:1).—“ Deacon(ess)” : hardly yet an official title.— The Romans must “ give” this sister “ a reception” ( cf. Php_2:29 ; Luke 15:2, same word) such as Christians should have from Christians. She has difficult business in Rome, for the readers are asked to “ stand by her in whatever matter she may have need of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 16:1

This chapter is in the nature of a postscript. The apostle begins it with the recommendation of a certain woman to them. She went upon some occasion to Rome, and by her (as some have supposed) this Epistle was sent to the church there. Phebe: the poets called the moon Phoebe, as they did the sun Phoebus. This name is likely to have been imposed by her parents, being Gentiles. Our sister; i.e. in Christ, and by the profession of the same faith: see James 2:16. Cenchrea; a port or haven belonging... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 16:1-2

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 16:1.—In the East women were not permitted to mix in the society of men as in the Western world they are at present. Women were kept in a secluded room, γυνὰ κείον. Thus it might be necessary to have deaconesses as well as deacons, that the former might look to the indigent or sick. After all, Phœbe may not have been a deaconess in an official sense. The word means a servant higher than δοῦλος; one who has charge of the alms of the Church, an overseer of the poor and sick.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

Chapter 16Chapter 16 is just personal greetings to many of those in Rome. We are going to go rather rapidly through it, just pointing out a few things.First of all, Paul,commends unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church which is in Cenchrea ( Romans 16:1 ):She was a deaconess. Cenchrea was the port of the city of Corinth. She, no doubt, met Paul when he was ministering there in Corinth, but was serving there in the church. And some of those male chauvinists seem to have a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 16:1-27

Romans 16:1 . I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church. Διακονον , a deaconess of the church at Cenehrea, the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purified on returning to Asia. Acts 18:18. A deaconess in the oriental churches corresponded with a matron of the synagogue. She was ordained; and their forms of ordination still exist in the Greek church; they prophesied, and helped the apostles in the Lord. They visited the sick among the women, to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 16:1-2

Romans 16:1-2I commend unto you Phebe.Phebe of Cenchrea1. Cenchrea was a thriving sea-port town about eight miles from Corinth, from which the Corinthian commerce was carried on with the East. Thence Paul had sailed for Jerusalem on a former occasion, and had established a Church there. Phebe, travelling westward, would pass through Corinth, and embark from the opposite shore at Lechaeum, whence ships sailed for Italy.2. There are indications that she was a person of considerable influence, and... read more

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 16:1-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1-27

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 16:1

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 16:1-2

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 16:1-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 16:1-2

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