Romans 16:1

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I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

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Paul's Missionary JourneysThe routes of the Apostle Paul's missionary journeys across the Mediterranean world.

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Cenchreae was the eastern harbor of Corinth in Achaia, where Phoebe served the local church and from which Paul likely commended her to Rome. Asia refers to the Roman province in western Asia Minor, not the continent, though it is not named in Romans 16:1 itself.

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Romans 16:1 mentions Asia and Cenchreae.

Photo of Cenchreae — Cenchreae · George E. Koronaios