The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
Parallel translations
- WEB The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
- KJV The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
- NKJV The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
- NASB The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
- NLT The churches here in the province of Asia send greetings in the Lord, as do Aquila and Priscilla and all the others who gather in their home for church meetings.
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Quick answer
Paul sends greetings from the churches of Asia and from Aquila and Priscilla with the church meeting in their home. It shows the warm bonds uniting scattered congregations.
Overview
Aquila and Priscilla were a devoted ministry couple who had worked alongside Paul and even instructed Apollos (Acts 18:2-3, 18, 26). Their home, like many in the early church, served as a meeting place for believers before dedicated buildings existed. These greetings display the wider fellowship of churches who, though separated by distance, were one family 'in the Lord' through the gospel.
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- Acts 18:2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
- Rom 16:15Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.
- Phlm 1:2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
- 1 Pet 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
- Acts 19:10This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- Col 4:15Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.
- 2 Tim 4:19Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.
- Acts 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
- Rev 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Rom 16:3–5Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
- Acts 18:18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
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