“Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.”
Greet Andronicus and Junias, my fellow Jews and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was. — Andronicos (Andronicus) and Iounian (Junia, likely a woman despite masculine Latin nominative, contracted with Iounias), syngeneis mou (my kinspeople, fellow Jews) kai synaiichmalōtos (fellow prisoners with me), episēmoi (outstanding, notable, well-known) en tois apostolois (among the apostles), kai pro emou genonto en Christō (and in Christ before me). Their pre-Christian conversion and apostolic prominence make them pillars.
Church Fathers on Romans 16:7
“Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.” The example again is as before, and the gain unspeakable. For this is a thing that does God special glory, the being closely united. And so if even against your will and for His sake, thou be at variance with your brother, consider that by putting an end to your anger you are glorifying your Master, and if not on your brother's account, for this at all events be reconciled to him: or rather…
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