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歌罗西书 4:15

請問候在老底嘉的弟兄和寧法,以及在她家裡的教會。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - House;   Laodicea;   Nymphas;   Worship;   Scofield Reference Index - Churches;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Colosse;   Laodicea;   Nymphas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   House;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Laodicea;   Nymphas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Laodicea;   Nymphas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Colossians;   Greeting;   Laodicea;   Nympha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antioch;   Church;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Church (2);   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Education (2);   Family;   Laodicea;   Name ;   Nympha Nymphas;   Organization (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Laodicea ;   Nymphas ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nymphas;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Laodicea;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Colos'se,;   Nym 'Phas;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Church;   Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Brother;   Church;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Laodiceans, Epistle to the;   Nymphas;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
请 问 老 底 嘉 的 弟 兄 和 宁 法 , 并 他 家 里 的 教 会 安 。

Contextual Overview

7 Tychicus is my dear brother in Christ and a faithful minister and servant with me in the Lord. He will tell you all the things that are happening to me. 8 This is why I am sending him: so you may know how we are and he may encourage you. 9 I send him with Onesimus, a faithful and dear brother in Christ, and one of your group. They will tell you all that has happened here. 10 Aristarchus, a prisoner with me, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, greet you. (I have already told you what to do about Mark. If he comes, welcome him.) 11 Jesus, who is called Justus, also greets you. These are the only Jewish believers who work with me for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. 12 Epaphras, a servant of Jesus Christ, from your group, also greets you. He always prays for you that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything God wants for you. 13 I know he has worked hard for you and the people in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. 14 Demas and our dear friend Luke, the doctor, greet you. 15 Greet the brothers and sisters in Laodicea. And greet Nympha and the church that meets in her house. 16 After this letter is read to you, be sure it is also read to the church in Laodicea. And you read the letter that I wrote to Laodicea.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Laodicea: Colossians 4:13

the church: Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:9, Philemon 1:2

Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 16:19 - the church Colossians 2:1 - at 2 Timothy 4:10 - Demas Revelation 1:11 - Laodicea

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."
Leviticus 26:18
"‘If after all this you still do not obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
"‘If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder. The more you sin, the more you will be punished.
Leviticus 26:24
I will also turn against you. I will punish you seven more times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
I will show my great anger; I will punish you seven more times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
The Lord spoke his word against Baasha and his family through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. Baasha had done many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord very angry. He did the same evil deeds that Jeroboam's family had done before him. The Lord also spoke against Baasha because he killed all of Jeroboam's family.
Psalms 59:11
Lord, our protector, do not kill them, or my people will forget. With your power scatter them and defeat them.
Psalms 79:12
Repay those around us seven times over for their insults to you, Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, and it may cost him everything he owns.
Ezekiel 9:4
He said to the man, "Go through Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and cry about all the hateful things being done among them."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea,.... Where there was a church mentioned in the following verse, of which

see on Gill "Re 2:10".

And Nymphas; which some, unskilful in the Greek language, have took for a woman; whereas it is the name of a man, as the following words show; and is a contraction of Nymphios, or Nymphidios, or Nymphodoros:

and the church which is in his house. This man seems to have been an inhabitant of Laodicea, and that the church there met at his house to worship God, to pray unto him, sing his praise, hear his word, and attend on all ordinances: or his own family was brought up so strictly to the observance of these things, that they looked like a little church of themselves.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea - Notes, Colossians 2:1.

And Nymphas - This person is nowhere else mentioned, and nothing more is known of him.

And the church which is in his house - Notes, Romans 16:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. Salute - Nymphas, and the Church - in his house. — This person, and his whole family, which probably was very numerous, appear to have received the Gospel; and it seems that, for their benefit and that of his neighbours, he had opened his house for the worship of God. In those primitive times there were no consecrated places, for it was supposed that the simple setting apart of any place for the worship of God was a sufficient consecration. See of those domestic churches, Romans 16:5 (note); 1 Corinthians 16:19 (note).


 
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