Romans 16:12. The three persons mentioned in this verse were probably deaconesses.

Perris. The name is derived from Persia, but on this fact no inference can be based. This woman is not only distinguished by the mention of her greater labor, but is called the beloved. Meyer notices the delicacy of the phrase; not, ‘my beloved,' as in the case of the men referred to in Romans 16:5; Romans 16:8.

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Old Testament