Romans 16:8-11 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.… Of Amplias and Stachys nothing is known except that they were "beloved in the Lord" by the apostle, the objects of his high Christian esteem and affection. The day is coming when it will be seen that to have been the friend of an apostle was really a higher honour than to be the favourite of a Roman emperor, and when the eulogiums of historians and poets, procured by a lavish expenditure of labour and suffering, would be gladly exchanged for the simple record that Paul loved them because they loved Christ. (J. Brown, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. |
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