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Romans 16:4
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who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches.
(Who haue for my life laid downe their owne neckes: vnto whome not onely I giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.)
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
and who risked their own lives to save my life. I am thankful to them, and all the non-Jewish churches are thankful as well.
who risked their own necks [endangering their very lives] for my life. To them not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
but they have even risked their lives for me. I am grateful for them and so are all the Gentile churches.
They risked their necks to save my life; not only I thank them, but also all the Messianic communities among the Gentiles.
(who for my life staked their own neck; to whom not *I* only am thankful, but also all the assemblies of the nations,)
They risked their own lives to save mine. I am thankful to them, and all the non-Jewish churches are thankful to them.
(Which haue for my life laide downe their owne necke. Vnto whom not I onely giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.)
Who have risked their necks for my sake: I am not the only one grateful to them, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
they risked their lives for me. I am grateful to them—not only I, but all the Gentile churches as well.
who risked their own necks for my life, for which not only I am thankful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
who laid down their neck for my soul, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations.
who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:
Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:
who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Goyim.
who risked their necks for my life. I am thankful to them, and so are all the churches among the Gentiles.
for they themselves for my life have given their necks; and not only do I praise them, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
who, for my life, surrendered their own necks; and to whom, not only I am grateful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
(Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes: Unto whom, not onlye I geue thankes, but also all the Churches of the gentiles)
who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:
who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
Who for my life, have laid down their own necks; to whom not I alone owe my thanks, but likewise all the churches of the Gentiles.
friends who have endangered their own lives for mine. I am grateful to them, and not I alone, but all the Gentile Churches also.
who laid down their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
In fact, they once risked their lives for me. I am thankful to them, and so are all the Gentile churches.
They almost died for me. I am thankful for them. All the churches that were started among the people who are not Jews are thankful for them also.
and who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Who, indeed, for my life, their own neck laid down, - unto whom - not, I only, give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations;
(Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles),
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks;
which have for my lyfe layde doune their awne neckes. Vnto which not I only geve thankes but also the congregacion of the getyls.
who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations --
which for my life haue layed downe their awne neckes: vnto whom not I onely geue thankes, but all the congregacions of the Heythen.
who have for my life readily exposed their own: to whom not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles too give thanks.
They've put their necks on the line for me more than once. Every church filled with outsiders knows of them and how thankful I am for them both.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
have: Romans 5:7, John 15:13, Philippians 2:30, 1 John 3:16
laid: Joshua 10:24, 2 Samuel 22:41, Micah 2:3
also: Acts 15:41, Acts 16:5, 1 Corinthians 7:17, 1 Corinthians 16:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:14, Revelation 1:4
Reciprocal: Judges 9:17 - adventured his life Judges 11:36 - forasmuch Judges 12:3 - put 1 Chronicles 11:19 - that have put their lives Esther 4:16 - if I perish Job 16:12 - by my neck Acts 18:2 - Aquila Romans 16:2 - for Romans 16:16 - The 1 Corinthians 16:19 - Aquila 2 Corinthians 8:18 - throughout 2 Corinthians 11:28 - the care 2 Timothy 4:19 - Prisca
Cross-References
And Abram entride to Agar; and Agar seiy that sche hadde conseyued, and sche dispiside hir ladi.
And Saray seide to Abram, Thou doist wickidli ayens me; I yaf my seruauntesse in to thi bosum, which seeth, that sche conseyuede, and dispisith me; the Lord deme betwixe me and thee.
And Abram answerde and seide to hir, Lo! thi seruauntesse is in thin hond; vse thou hir as `it likith. Therfor for Sarai turmentide hir, sche fledde awei.
he seide to hir, Fro whennus comest thou Agar, the seruauntesse of Sarai, and whidur goist thou? Which answerde, Y fle fro the face of Sarai my ladi.
And whanne the arke of the Lord hadde entride in to the citee of Dauid, Mychol, the douytir of Saul, bihelde bi a wyndow, and sche siy the kyng skippynge and daunsynge bifor the Lord; and sche dispiside hym in hir herte.
bi an hateful womman, whanne sche is takun in matrymonye; and bi an handmaide, whanne sche is eir of hir ladi.
And, britheren, Y haue transfigurid these thingis in to me and in to Apollo, for you; that in vs ye lerne, lest ouer that it is writun, oon ayens another be blowun with pride for another.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who for my life laid down their necks,.... That is, exposed themselves to great danger to save the apostle's life: the allusion is to the manner of executions by beheading, and to one person's laying down his head, and offering his neck to the executioner the room of another: this we are not to suppose was literally done; but the design of the expression is, that in some shape or another they risked their own lives for the apostle's; which might be done either at the insurrection in Corinth against Paul, when the Jews dragged him to the judgment seat of Gallio, and beat Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue before him; or the uproar in Ephesus by Demetrius and the craftsmen, when Paul and his companions were in great danger; at both which times and places these two persons were, and being very zealous, were no doubt active to preserve the apostle, and which he acknowledges with thankfulness:
unto whom not only I give thanks, but all the churches of the Gentiles; both for the care they took of him, and the danger they exposed themselves to on his account; which the apostle expresses his sense of gratitude for, and which all the Gentile churches were under obligations to do likewise, since they had a common share in his labours and usefulness, he was the apostle of them all; and also for their help and assistance in carrying on the work of the Lord in all the churches of the Gentiles.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who have for my life - In order to save my life.
Laid down their own necks - To “lay down the neck” is to lay the head on a block to be cut off with the axe; or to bow down the head as when the neck was exposed to be cut off by the sword of the executioner. The meaning is, that they had hazarded their lives, had exposed themselves to imminent danger, to save the life of Paul. On what occasion this was done, is not known, as it is not referred to in the New Testament elsewhere. As Paul, however, lived with them Acts 18:3, and as he was often persecuted by the Jews, it is probable that he refers to some such period when he was persecuted, when Aquila and Priscilla took him into their house at the imminent hazard of their lives.
All the churches of the Gentiles - All the churches that had been founded by the apostles. They “felt” their deep obligation to them for having saved the life of him who had been their founder, and who was their spiritual father.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 16:4. Who have for my life laid down their own necks — What transaction this refers to we know not; but it appears that these persons had, on some occasion, hazarded their own lives to save that of the apostle; and that the fact was known to all the Churches of God in that quarter, who felt themselves under the highest obligations to these pious persons, for the important service which they had thus rendered.
