Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
Parallel translations
- WEB Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
- BSB Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
- NKJV Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
- NASB Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
- NLT Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.
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Quick answer
Paul greets Urbanus, a fellow worker in Christ, and his beloved Stachys. He acknowledges more partners and friends in the faith.
Overview
Urbanus is called a 'fellow worker,' indicating shared labor in the gospel, while Stachys is simply 'beloved.' Both names again suggest people of humble or servile background. The accumulating list testifies to the many hands involved in the work of Christ and to Paul's personal knowledge of and affection for believers in a church he had not yet visited.
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Cross-references · 2
- Rom 16:2–3That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
- Rom 16:21Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
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