Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.
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Gill's Exposition
Salute Herodion my kinsman,.... According to the flesh, being of the same nation, a Jew; or of the same tribe, the tribe of Benjamin; or of the same family, and nearly allied in blood to him: though…
Barnes' Notes
Approved in Christ - An approved or tried Christian; approved and beloved by Christ.
Adam Clarke
Apelles, approved in Christ - A man who, on different occasions, had given the highest proofs of the sincerity and depth of his religion. Some suppose that Apelles was the same with Apollos: whoever…
Such remembrances as these are usual in letters between friends; and yet Paul, by the savouriness of his expressions, sanctifies these common compliments.
I. Here is the recommendation of a friend, by…
Cambridge Bible
Apelles A Greek name. It is used by Horace, in a well-known passage, (Satires, I. v. 100,) as a name common among Jews.
approved in Christ i.e. one who has been testedand found true, as a "member of…
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