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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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.