And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
It seems to me that she was his partner in life. Observe the humility of Paul. He both joins Timothy with him in his request and asks not only the husband but the wife also, to whom Paul may be a friend as well.