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I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, See also: Acts 18:181 Peter 1:22-231 Timothy 5:9-10that you receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self. See also: Philippians 2:29Philippians 1:27Matthew 10:40-42Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, See also: Acts 18:261 Corinthians 16:192 Timothy 4:19who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles. See also: 1 John 3:16Philippians 2:30John 15:13Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ. See also: Colossians 4:15Philemon 1:21 Corinthians 16:19Greet Mary, who labored much for us. See also: 1 Timothy 5:10Romans 16:12Matthew 27:55Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who were also in Christ before me. See also: Romans 16:11Romans 16:21Philemon 1:23Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. See also: 1 John 3:14Philippians 4:1Romans 16:5Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved. See also: Romans 16:21Romans 16:2-3Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. See also: Romans 14:18Deuteronomy 8:21 Peter 1:7Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord. See also: Romans 16:21Romans 16:7Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord. See also: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13Hebrews 6:10-111 Corinthians 15:58Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. See also: 1 Timothy 5:22 John 1:1Mark 15:21Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them. See also: Hebrews 3:1Colossians 1:2Romans 8:29Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. See also: Romans 16:2Romans 1:7Ephesians 1:1Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ greet you. See also: 1 Corinthians 16:201 Thessalonians 5:262 Corinthians 13:12Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them. See also: Jude 1:192 Thessalonians 3:62 Timothy 3:5For those who are such don’t serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent. See also: Colossians 2:4Matthew 7:15Micah 3:5For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil. See also: Matthew 10:161 Corinthians 14:20Philippians 2:15And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. See also: Luke 10:191 John 3:8Genesis 3:15Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives. See also: Acts 20:4Acts 13:1Acts 17:5I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord. See also: Galatians 6:11Romans 16:81 Corinthians 16:21Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother. See also: Acts 19:221 Corinthians 1:142 Timothy 4:20The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)7 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Romans 16:1
Ver. 1. I commend, &c. He concludes with a number of salutations, to show his affection for them. — Phœbe, who is in the ministry, or employed in the ministry, as women, called diaconissæ, used to be, privately instructing catechumens, assisting particularly at the baptizing of women, distributing charities, &c. Wi.
↑ 1Romans 16:4
Ver. 4. It is not exactly known to what the apostle here refers. Orig. thinks that they delivered the apostle from the snares of the Jews. Others, that they exposed themselves for him in the sedition raised at Corinth, or in that at Ephesus, when he was in such danger, on account of the outcry of the silversmiths. The obligations of the Churches of the Gentiles towards them must be understood of the hospitality, which these faithful servants of Christ exercised to all. Calmet. — Ton eauton trachelon upethekan, a proverbial expression, as in Latin, præbere cervices, caput objicere periculis, to support any thing, or person, that is in a sinking way, or in great danger.
↑ 4Romans 16:5
Ver. 5. This means the assembly of Christians, who probably resorted to the house of Prisca and Aquila, as to a place of retreat, and there held their religious assemblies. Or it may mean their family only, which was as regular and holy as an assembly of saints. The apostle, in another place, salutes the Church in the house of Nympha, and writing to Philemon, salutes the Church in his house. 1 Cor. xvi. 19.
↑ 5Romans 16:16
Ver. 16. Thus the primitive Christians express their concord and benevolence, as also their perfect equality. For it was customary with the Persians, and all oriental nations, to salute only their equals thus; though, to their inferiors, the presented their hand to be kissed. S. Clem. Pædog. and Polus.
↑ 16Romans 16:17
Ver. 17. The apostle does not here say that these men caused scandals, contrary to the Scripture; but contrary to the doctrine delivered to them: this place, therefore, is an argument in favour of tradition. Estius.
↑ 17Romans 16:22
Ver. 22. This Tertius was the amanuensis, or secretary of S. Paul, and wrote this epistle as S. Paul dictated. It is not on that account less divinely inspired than the rest. Estius.
↑ 22Romans 16:25–27
Ver. 25-27. Now to him that is able, &c. These three last verses, in divers Greek copies, were found at the end of the 14th chapter, where we find them expounded by S. Chrysostom. — According to the . . . mystery kept secret from eternity, now made manifest; he means the mystery of Christ's incarnation, and man's redemption, formerly revealed indeed to the prophets, but now made known to all nations, in order to bring all men to the obedience of the gospel, by embracing the faith and doctrine of Christ. Wi.
↑ 25License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses