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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Apphia
Paul names her beside Philemon and Archippus at the opening of his letter to Philemon, and tradition, not the text, makes her Philemon's wife.
First, in plain English
Paul names her beside Philemon and Archippus at the opening of his letter to Philemon, and tradition, not the text, makes her Philemon's wife.
Who this is
A Christian woman at Colossae whom Paul addresses alongside Philemon and Archippus at the opening of his letter to Philemon (Philem. 1:2). Tradition, though not the text itself, identifies her as Philemon's wife, and her place in the greeting suggests she held some standing in the household church that met there.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
G682
Where it appears
- Philemon 1:2
