Romans 16:1-5
1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, 2 that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also. Greeting Roman Saints. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ.
1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, 2 that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also. Greeting Roman Saints. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ.
Paul lifted up several servants of the church at the end of Romans. He mentioned Phoebe and asked them to welcome and help her in her work to support the gospel laborers. He brought attention to the couple of Priscilla and Aquila as co-laborers who put their lives on the line for Paul, and for the church meeting in their house. He asked them to say hello to the first convert in Achaia as well. In all these, Paul pointed to Christ working in them and himself as a joint effort. We also work as a team, a body, in Christ for the gospel’s sake. No one person is to be exalted. The 20th and 21st century’s aberrations in the church which exalt a leader are not the biblical pattern.
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