“That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.”
I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me. — Prosdechomai (receive, welcome) autēn en kyriō (her in the Lord) axiōs (worthy) tōn hagiōn (of the saints) and paraschemati (stand beside her, help) en tini praxei hēs opoias an hēi chreia (in whatever matter she might need). She is prostatis hēmōn (benefactor, patron, literally she stood before/protected many) kai emou (and me). Phoebe is a woman of significant status and generosity.
Church Fathers on Romans 16:2
“Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.” But what he says is this. Are you powerful? Let the weak have trial of your power. Let him come to know your strength; please him. And he does not barely say please, but for his good, and not barely for his good, lest the advanced person should say, See I am drawing him to his good! But he adds, “to edification.” And so if you be rich or be in power, please not yourself, but the poor and the needy,…
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