Colossians 4:15

Nymphas. Probably contracted from Nymphodorus, as Artemas from Artemidorus (Titus 3:12) : Zenas from Zenodorus (Titus 3:13); Olympas from Olympiodorus (Romans 16:15).

The Church. Compare Philippians 1:2; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Acts 12:12.

His house [α υ τ ο υ]. Others read aujtwn their (so Rev., Lightfoot, Meyer). Others, as Westcott and Hort, aujthv her, regarding the name as female, Nympha. It is difficult, however, to know to whom the plural can refer. Some explain, Nymphas and his family. Meyer refers it to the brethren at Laodicaea and Nymphas, and thinks that the allusion is to a foreign church in filial association with the church at Laodicaea, and holding its meetings in the same place.