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Cenchreae District
| Name | PHOEBE OF CENCHREAE |
| Aliases | SERVANT OF THE CHURCH / PATRON OF MANY |
| Status | LIVING (AT LAST RECORD) / COMMENDED BY PAUL |
| Birth | 1st Century AD | Marks & Identifiers | NONE RECORDED |
| Place of Birth | CENCHREAE (PORT OF CORINTH) | Hair | DARK |
| Tribe | GENTILE BELIEVER | Eyes | DARK |
| Parentage | UNRECORDED | People | GENTILE / CHRISTIAN |
| Occupation | SERVANT (DEACON) / BENEFACTOR | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | CHURCH AT CENCHREAE | Calling | A TRUSTED SERVANT OF THE CHURCH |
| Primary Mission | CARRY PAUL'S LETTER AND SERVE THE SAINTS | Known Signs | THE COMMENDATION OF PAUL / THE LETTER TO ROME |
| Covenant Role | PATRON WHO HELPED MANY BELIEVERS | Divine Access | SERVED THE LORD'S PEOPLE - ROM 16:2 |
| Divine Encounter Level | NONE RECORDED | Classification | SERVANT / BENEFACTOR |
| Covenant Status | FAITHFUL IN CHRIST | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | ENTRUSTED WITH PAUL'S LETTER | Threat Assessment | THE PERILS OF TRAVEL TO ROME |
| Mission Status | FAITHFUL SERVANT | Archive Category | SERVICE / HOSPITALITY |
How Paul asked Rome to receive her: IN THE LORD IN A WAY WORTHY OF THE SAINTS, AND HELP HER IN WHATEVER SHE NEEDS
What she had been to many: A PATRON OF MANY AND OF PAUL HIMSELF
The subject was a servant of the church at Cenchreae, the eastern port of Corinth. Paul commended her to the believers at Rome as a sister and a faithful worker in the gospel.
By long custom it was the subject who carried Paul's letter to the Romans, the great epistle of the faith, entrusted to her hand for the journey across the sea to the imperial city.
Paul asked the Roman church to welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints and to help her in whatever she might need, for she had been a patron of many.
She had been a benefactor to Paul himself and to many others, using her means and her standing to support the work of the gospel and to shelter its servants.
Though only two verses name her, the subject stands as an honored deaconess and helper, a woman whose quiet service carried the words of grace to the heart of the Roman world.
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- Faithful service to the church is honored and remembered by God.
- The gospel advances on the quiet help of generous saints.
- Great trust is placed in those proven faithful in small things.
