Colossians 4:15 BSB

Colossians 4:15

Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.

KJV

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea - Notes, Col 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, Rom 16:5.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀσπάσασθε	Aspasasthe	do greet	G782 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Λαοδικείᾳ	Laodikeia	Laodicea	G2993 →
ἀδελφοὺς	adelphous	brothers	G80 →
καὶ	kai	and also	G2532 →
Νύμφαν	Numphan	Nympha	G3564 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	in	G2596 →
οἶκον	oikon	house	G3624 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
ἐκκλησίαν.	ekklēsian	church.	G1577 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 16:9
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:12
  Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
- Acts 14:27
  When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Colossians 4:3
  as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
- Revelation 3:7–8
  To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut,…
- 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
  We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired…
Through
Romans 16:5
Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 16:19
  The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Philemon 1:2
  to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
Through
Philemon 1:2
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
leads to
- Philippians 2:25
  But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

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