Philemon 1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: We look past the lounging mercenary at his wrist. Not he, but Paul, is fulfilling the true soldiership of the world. We see the apostle's work, by its intensity, rising into warfare; and as we hear him in his prayers, the warfare rises into worship before the Lord. (A. H. Drysdale, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:WEB: to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house: |
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