Romans 16:2

Paul asks the Romans to welcome Phoebe in the Lord and help her in whatever she needs, for she has been a benefactor of many, including Paul himself. The church should honor and assist faithful servants.

Cross-references · 22

• Phil 2:29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
• Phil 1:27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
• Matt 10:40–42He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
• Titus 2:3and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
• Col 4:10Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),
• 2 Tim 1:18(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.
• Acts 9:39Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
• Acts 9:41He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
• Eph 5:3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
• Matt 25:40“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
• 1 Tim 2:10but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.
• Acts 9:36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
• Phlm 1:12I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
• Rom 16:23Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.
• Rom 16:3–4Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
• 2 Jn 1:10If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,
• Rom 16:9Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
• Rom 16:6Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
• Phlm 1:17If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
• Rom 15:7Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
• Phil 4:14–19However you did well that you shared in my affliction.
• 3 Jn 1:5–10Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

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