Romans 16:2

That you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that you assist her in whatever business she has need of you: for she has been a helper of many, and of myself also.
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Ambrosiaster

AD 400
Paul praises Phoebe as highly as he does because the more she appears to be an excellent person in the sight of others, the more she will receive the help owed to her in love. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

John Chrysostom

AD 407
There are two reasons why Phoebe should be received by them. First, she has been received by the Lord, and second, she is herself a saint.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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