“Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.”
And tell Archippus: 'See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord' — Archippus (also mentioned in Philemon 2) is publicly addressed: 'See that you fulfill' (plērophoreo, make full, complete) your 'ministry' (diakonē). The public exhortation may indicate he needed encouragement or correction. His ministry 'in the Lord' (en kyriō) is Christ-charged. The letter-reading becomes occasion for public commission.
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