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King James Version

Romans 16:6

Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Love;   Mary;   Rome;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Labour;   Mary;   Ministry, Woman's;   Woman's;   Women;   Work, Women's;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Rome;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Mary;   Romans, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caesar's Household;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abistobulus ;   Herodion;   Julia ;   Mary ;   Persis ;   Phoebe ;   Romans Epistle to the;   Salutations;   Surname;   Tryphaena ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Salutation;   Woman;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mary;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Deaconess;   Ma'ry,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Epaenetus;   Mary;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Woman;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 11;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
King James Version (1611)
Greete Marie, who bestowed much labour on vs.
English Standard Version
Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
New American Standard Bible
Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
New Century Version
Greetings to Mary, who worked very hard for you.
Amplified Bible
Greet Mary, who has worked so hard for you.
Legacy Standard Bible
Greet Mary, who has labored much for you.
Berean Standard Bible
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
Contemporary English Version
Greet Mary, who has worked so hard for you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Give my greetings to Miryam, who has worked very hard for you.
Darby Translation
Salute Maria, who laboured much for you.
Easy-to-Read Version
Greetings also to Mary. She worked very hard for you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Greete Marie which bestowed much labour on vs.
George Lamsa Translation
Greet Mary, who has labored hard among you.
Good News Translation
Greetings to Mary, who has worked so hard for you.
Lexham English Bible
Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
Literal Translation
Greet Mary, who did much labor for us.
American Standard Version
Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.
Bible in Basic English
Give my love to Mary, who gave much care to you.
Hebrew Names Version
Greet Miryam, who labored much for us.
International Standard Version
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
Etheridge Translation
Ask the peace of Maria, who hath laboured much with you.
Murdock Translation
Salute Mary, who hath toiled much with you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Greete Marie, which bestowed much labour on vs.
English Revised Version
Salute Mary, who bestowed much labour on you.
World English Bible
Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Salute Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. Salute Andronicus and Junias,
Weymouth's New Testament
to Mary who has laboured strenuously among you;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Grete wel Marie, the whiche hath trauelid myche in vs.
Update Bible Version
Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.
New English Translation
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
New King James Version
Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
New Living Translation
Give my greetings to Mary, who has worked so hard for your benefit.
New Life Bible
Greet Mary. She worked hard for you.
New Revised Standard
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard among you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Salute Mary - who, indeed, hath toiled much for you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Salute Mary, who hath laboured much among you.
Revised Standard Version
Greet Mary, who has worked hard among you.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Grete Mary which bestowed moche labour on vs.
Young's Literal Translation
Salute Mary, who did labour much for us;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Grete Mary, which hath bestowed moch laboure on vs.
Mace New Testament (1729)
salute Mary, who spared no trouble upon our account.
THE MESSAGE
Hello to Mary. What a worker she has turned out to be!
Simplified Cowboy Version
Give a hug for me to Mary who has done so much for all of us.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.

Contextual Overview

1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That 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. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. 8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. 9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

who: Romans 16:12, Matthew 27:55, 1 Timothy 5:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 35:25 - General 2 Kings 4:13 - thou hast Proverbs 11:16 - gracious Proverbs 31:31 - and let Romans 16:2 - for 1 Corinthians 16:16 - laboureth 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - and labour

Cross-References

Genesis 16:8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Genesis 16:9
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Exodus 2:15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Job 2:6
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. Some copies read, "you"; and so do the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions: and indeed it seems most likely that the persons on whom this good woman bestowed so much labour, and to whom she was so very serviceable, were the saints at Rome, where she lived, rather than the apostle and his companions; not but that she might have been in some parts where she had met with him, and his friends, and had been very indefatigable in assisting and supplying them, in a very generous and liberal manner, with all the necessaries of life; and was exceeding useful in encouraging the ministers of the Gospel, and in promoting the interest of Christ. Her name Mary is the same with Miriam in Hebrew; whether she was of Jewish extract is not certain, and who she was is not known: some have conjectured her to be the same that Ignatius wrote an epistle to; not Mary of Castabilis, but of Naples, who was at Rome in the time of Linus, the Latin version reads "Cletus", and of Clement, on whom he bestows very great characters; calling her most faithful, worthy of God, and a bearer of Christ, and in all things wise m: and in another letter n of his he represents her as exceeding learned, an exemplar of godly women, and having a church in her house. But both these epistles are thought, by learned men, to be falsely ascribed to him, and so not to be depended on.

m Ignat. Epist. ad Mariam, p. 69, 70. n lb. ad Heronem, p. 97. Ed. Voss.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who bestowed much labour on us - Who labored much for us. Nothing more is known of her but this honorable mention of her name. It is probable that these persons were formerly residents in Greece, and that the apostle had there become acquainted with them, but that they had now removed to Rome.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 16:6. Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. — Who this Mary was, or what the labour was which she bestowed upon the apostles, we know not. Her works, though hidden from man, are with God; and her name is recorded with honour in this book of life.


 
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