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Romans 16:1
Romans 16:1 is verse 1 of Romans chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
Or deaconess
King James Version
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
World English Bible
I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
or, deacon
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Romans 16:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
2 Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.
3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Corinthians 3:1Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 10:30will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
1 Timothy 5:2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
James 2:15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Luke 8:3Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
1 Timothy 5:9A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
1 Timothy 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
Acts 18:18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.