Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
Commend
A servant
Cenchrea
Bible References
Commend
2 Corinthians 3:1
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again [i.e., by saying that we are not like other people]? Or, do we need letters of recommendation to you or from you, as others do?
Our
Matthew 12:50
"For whoever will do what my Father in heaven desires, is my brother and sister and mother."
Mark 10:30
but what he will receive [back] a hundred times as much now in this life --- houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children and property --- [yet] with persecutions. And in the coming age [he will receive] never ending life.
1 Timothy 5:2
[to] older women as [you would to] mothers; [to] the younger women as [you would to] your sisters, in a [morally] pure way.
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and needs daily food,
1 Peter 1:22
[Since] you have purified your souls by [your] obedience to the truth [i.e., the Gospel message], which produces a genuine love for your brothers, [now] you should have this kind of fervent, heartfelt love for one another.
A servant
Luke 8:3
and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's property manager, and Susanna and many others. These [all] had provided the material support for the group from their own means.
1 Timothy 5:9
[But] do not put a widow on the list [i.e., of people being helped by the church. See Acts 6:1] who is under sixty years old. [And she must] have been the wife of one man,
Cenchrea
Acts 18:18
After this [incident] Paul remained [in Corinth] for some time before leaving the brothers and sailing for Syria with Priscilla and Aquila. Paul shaved his head while in Cenchrea as part of a vow he had taken.