Romans 16:10-11 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.… It deserves notice that Paul does not send his Christian remembrances to Aristobulus, but to his household. Perhaps he was dead, or not a Christian. A Christian man may not have a Christian household, and a family may be all Christians with the exception of its head. It is a happy thing when the whole of a family is Christian, not in name merely, but in deed and truth; when as in the case of Lydia and the gaoler salvation comes not only to the heads of a family but "to all their house." It is not always so; and when it is not so, Christians in unchristian families have a peculiar claim on the kind notice of Christian ministers. (J. Brown, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.WEB: Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. |
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