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A Worthy Welcome
Paul's instruction to receive Phoebe "worthily of the saints" was a call for more than just polite hospitality. Commentators explain it means welcoming her fully into the community, offering practical assistance, and treating her with the honor and care that befits a fellow believer in Christ. This sets a high standard for how Christians should welcome and support one another.
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Romans
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 16:2
18th Century
Theologian
That you receive her, etc. That you acknowledge her as being in the Lord, or as being a servant of the Lord; that is, as a Christian. Comp…
AT Robertson
On Romans 16:2
Worthily of the saints (αξιως των αγιων). Adverb with the genitive as in Php 1:27 because the adjective αξιος is used with the gen…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 16:2
19th Century
Bishop
In the Lord.—With the awareness that you are performing a Christian act, subject to all those serious obligations implied in the n…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 16:2
Paul hoped to come soon to the believers at Rome (15:32), but he must first go to Jerusalem (15:25). But another believer, Phoebe, was about to lea…
John Gill
On Romans 16:2
17th Century
Pastor
That you receive her in the Lord
This is one thing he recommends her to them for, that they would receive her in a k…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 16:1–16
17th Century
Minister
Paul recommends Phebe to the Christians at Rome. It is fitting for Christians to help one another in their affairs, especially strangers; we do not…