Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
Parallel translations
- WEB Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.
- BSB Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.
- NKJV Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
- NASB Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
- NLT Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila and those living in the household of Onesiphorus.
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Paul sends greetings to his faithful co-workers Prisca and Aquila and to the household of Onesiphorus. These warm remembrances show the deep bonds of the gospel community.
Overview
Prisca (Priscilla) and Aquila were a married couple who labored alongside Paul, hosted churches, and instructed Apollos (Acts 18:2-3, 26; Romans 16:3-5). Onesiphorus had earlier been commended for refreshing Paul and not being ashamed of his chains (1:16-18); here his household is remembered with affection. Such greetings reveal that Paul's ministry was sustained by genuine partnerships in the faith. They remind us that the church is a family knit together by Christ across distance and danger.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Acts 18:2And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
- 1 Cor 16:19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
- 2 Tim 1:16–18The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
- Rom 16:3–4Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
- Acts 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
- Acts 18:18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
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