Romans 16:1-2
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[1] I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, [2] that 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.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageCenchreae was the eastern harbor of Corinth in Greece, where Phoebe served in the church and from which she may have carried Paul’s letter to Rome. Asia refers to the Roman province in western Asia Minor, not the modern continent, and highlights the wider network of churches connected to Paul’s ministry.
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Romans 16:1-2 mentions Asia and Cenchreae.
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