the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Philemon 1:2
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Also to our sister Apphia, to Archippus, who serves with us in the Lord's army, and to the church that meets in your home.
and to the beloved Appia and to Archippus oure felowe soudier and to the congregacion of thy housse.
to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
to Apphia, our sister; to Archippus, a worker with us; and to the church that meets in your home:
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in your house:
And to [our] beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:
and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
And to the beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the church which is in thy house:
and to our sister Apphia and our comrade Archippus--as well as to the Church in your house.
most dere sister, and to Archip, oure euene kniyt, and to the chirche that is in thin hous,
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
and to the church that meets in your home. It is also to our dear friend Apphia and to Archippus, who serves the Lord as we do.
and to [your wife] Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier [in ministry], and to the church that meets in your house:
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:
And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:
along with sister Apphia, our fellow-soldier Archippus and the congregation that gathers in your home:
and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Philippians 2:25; Colossians 4:17;">[xr]
and to our beloved Aphia, and to Arkipos our fellowlabourer,1 and to the church which is in thy house.
and to our beloved Apphia, and to Archippus a laborer with us, and to the church in thy house.
And to our beloued Apphia, and Archippus our fellow Souldier, and to the Church in thy house.
and to our sister Apphia, and to our fellow soldier Archippus, and to the church that meets in your house.
We are also writing to the church that meets in your home. This letter is also for our Christian sister Apphia and it is for Archippus who is a soldier together with us.
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
And to our deare sister Apphia, and to Archippus our fellowe souldier, and to the Church that is in thine house:
And to our beloved Ap''phi-a and Archip''pus our fellow-labourer, and to the congregation in your house:
And unto Apphia our sister. And unto Archippus our fellow-soldier, and unto the assembly which meeteth, at thy house:
And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house.
And to the beloued Apphia, and to Archippus our felowe souldier, and to the Churche in thy house:
and the church that meets in your house, and our sister Apphia, and our fellow soldier Archippus:
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.
and to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
and Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the assembly in thy house:
and to the beloued Appia, and to Archippus or felowe soudyer, and to the congregacion in thy house.
to our beloved Appia, to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in your house, favour and peace be with you,
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.
to the beloved [fn] Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
as well for Apphia and Archippus. It's also for all the cowboys and cowgirls who meet in your house to learn about riding for the Lord.
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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Archippus: Colossians 4:17
our fellowsoldier: Philippians 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:3, 2 Timothy 2:4
the church: Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:19, Colossians 4:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:8 - thy hand Matthew 18:20 - two Matthew 20:21 - Grant Acts 28:23 - there came Philemon 1:24 - my fellowlabourers 3 John 1:8 - fellowhelpers
Cross-References
The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos, he formed it to be inhabited!): "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And to our beloved Apphia,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "to sister Apphia"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "to the beloved sister Apphia"; for this is a woman's name; and it is thought that she was the wife of Philemon, since she is placed next to him, and before Archippus, a minister of the word; and very prudently is she wrote to, and justly commended, in order to engage her to use her interest with her husband to receive his servant again, who otherwise might have stood against it, and been a very great hinderance to a reconciliation: this clause is wanting in the Ethiopic version:
and Archippus our fellow soldier; that this Archippus was a preacher of the Gospel at Colosse is manifest from Colossians 4:17 wherefore the apostle styles him a fellow soldier; for though this character belongs to private Christians, who are enlisted as volunteers under Christ, the Captain of salvation, and fight under his banners, against sin, Satan, and the world, being accoutred with the whole armour of God, and are more than conquerors through Christ that has loved them; yet it very eminently belongs to the ministers of the Gospel, who are more especially called upon, to endure hardness, as good soldiers of Christ; to war a good warfare, to fight the good fight of faith; and besides the above enemies common to all believers, to engage with false teachers, and earnestly contend for the faith of the Gospel, that so it may continue with the saints. Now this man was in the same company, and in the same service, engaged in the same common cause, against the same enemies, and under the same Captain, and was expecting the same crown of immortality and glory, and therefore he calls him his fellow soldier; and he wisely inscribes his epistle to him, that he might make use of the interest he had in Philemon, and his wife, to bring this matter to bear, the apostle writes about:
and to the church in thy house: not in the house of Archippus, but in the house of Philemon; and designs not the church at Colosse, as though it met at his house; but his own family, which for the great piety and religion which were among them, and for the good order and decorum in which they were kept, were like a church of themselves; and here again the apostle acts the wise part, in order to gain his point, by taking notice of them, who might some of them have been injured or affronted by Onesimus, when with them; and so entertained some resentment against him, and might put a bar in the way of his reception into the family again.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And to our beloved Apphia - This was a female (Greek ἀγαπητῇ agapētē), and was probably the wife of Philemon.
And Archippus our fellow-soldier - See the notes at Colossians 4:17. It has been supposed that he was a son of Philemon, and this would appear not to be improbable, as he was one of his family. On the term “fellow-soldier,” see the notes at Philippians 2:25. It is applied here to one who was a minister of the gospel, and who is spoken of in con nection with Paul as enlisted under the banners of the Captain of salvation, and waging a warfare with the wickedness of the world; compare the notes at 2 Timothy 2:3-4. That Archippus was a minister of the gospel, is clear from Colossians 4:17.
And to the church in thy house - Either the church that commonly met in his house, or more probably that was composed of his own family; compare the notes at Romans 16:5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Philemon 1:2. APPHIA. απφια. Under the word απφα Suidas says: Αδελφης και αδελφου ὑπακορισμα· Appha is the affectionate address of a brother or sister; or the diminutive of a brother and sister, used to express kindness and affection. Hence the apostle, referring to the meaning of the word, says: Και Απφιᾳ τῃ αδελφῃ αγαπητῃ· And to Apphia the beloved sister. Though αδελοη sister, be not in our common text, it is found in AD*EFG, several others, the Itala, Vulgate, Slavonic, c. and is undoubtedly genuine.
ARCHIPPUS, αρχιπηος. The ruler or master of the horse; from αρχων, a chief, and ιππος, a horse. HEROES of old were, both among the Greeks and Trojans, celebrated for their skill in managing and taming the horse, and employing him in war; this frequently occurs in Homer. The import of the name of Archippus might suggest this idea to the apostle's mind, and lead him to say: Archippus our FELLOW SOLDIER.
Suidas mentions a person of this name, who was once victor at the games, in the ninety-first Olympiad.
There was one of the pupils of Pythagoras of this name; and I introduce him here for the sake of a quotation from St. Jerome, (Apol. adv. Ruffin.,) relative to the doctrines taught by him and his fellow disciple, Lysis: Φευκτεον πανταπασι και εκκοπτεον ασθενειαν μεν του σωματος, απαιδευσιαν δε της ψυχης, ακολασιαν δε της γαστρος, στασιν δε της πολεως, την δε διαφωνιαν απο της οικιας, και κοινῃ απο παντων το ακρατες· "By all means and methods these evils are to be shunned and cut off: effeminacy from the body; IGNORANCE from the soul; delicacies from the belly; sedition from the city; discord from the house; and, in general, intemperance from all things." Vid. FAB. Thes. Erud. Schol.
ONESIMUS, ονησιμος. Useful or profitable; from ονημι, to help. The import of this name led the apostle to play upon the word thus: I beseech thee for any son Onesimus - which in time past was to thee UNPROFITABLE, but now PROFITABLE to thee and me.
To the Church in thy house — The congregation of Christians frequently assembling in Philemon's house; for at this time the Christians had neither temples, churches, nor chapels. Romans 16:5, and the reference there.
It is very probable that Apphia was the wife of Philemon, and Archippus, their son, the pastor of the Church at Philemon's house.
