Romans 16:1

NETBible	Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant¹ of the church in Cenchrea,
NIV © biblegateway Rom 16:1	I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
NASB © biblegateway Rom 16:1	I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;
NLT © biblegateway Rom 16:1	Our sister Phoebe, a deacon in the church in Cenchrea, will be coming to see you soon.
MSG © biblegateway Rom 16:1	Be sure to welcome our friend Phoebe in the way of the Master, with all the generous hospitality we Christians are famous for. I heartily endorse both her and her work. She's a key representative of the church at Cenchrea.
BBE © SABDAweb Rom 16:1	It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:
NRSV © bibleoremus Rom 16:1	I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae,
NKJV © biblegateway Rom 16:1	I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
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KJV	<1161> I commend <4921> (5719) unto you <5213> Phebe <5402> our <2257> sister <79>_, which is <5607> (5752) a servant <1249> of the church <1577> which <3588> is at <1722> Cenchrea <2747>_:
NASB © biblegateway Rom 16:1	I commend <4921> to you our sister <79> Phoebe <5402> , who is a servant <1249> of the church <1577> which is at Cenchrea <2747> ;
NET [draft] ITL	Now I commend <4921> to you <5213> our <2257> sister <79> Phoebe <5402> , who is <1510> a servant <1249> of the church <1577> in <1722> Cenchrea <2747> ,
GREEK	sunisthmi <4921> (5719) V-PAI-1S de <1161> CONJ umin <5213> P-2DP foibhn <5402> N-ASF thn <3588> T-ASF adelfhn <79> N-ASF hmwn <2257> P-1GP ousan <1510> (5752) V-PXP-ASF [kai] <2532> CONJ diakonon <1249> N-ASF thv <3588> T-GSF ekklhsiav <1577> N-GSF thv <3588> T-GSF en <1722> PREP kegcreaiv <2747> N-DPF


NETBible	Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant¹ of the church in Cenchrea,
NET Notes	¹tn Or “deaconess.” It is debated whether διάκονος (diakonos) here refers to a specific office within the church. One contextual argument used to support this view is that Phoebe is associated with a particular church, Cenchrea, and as such would therefore be a deacon of that church. In the NT some who are called διάκονος are related to a particular church, yet the scholarly consensus is that such individuals are not deacons, but “servants” or “ministers” (other viable translations for διάκονος). For example, Epaphras is associated with the church in Colossians and is called a διάκονος in Col 1:7, but no contemporary translation regards him as a deacon. In 1 Tim 4:6 Paul calls Timothy a διάκονος; Timothy was associated with the church in Ephesus, but he obviously was not a deacon. In addition, the lexical evidence leans away from this view: Within the NT, the διακον- word group rarely functions with a technical nuance. In any case, the evidence is not compelling either way. The view accepted in the translation above is that Phoebe was a servant of the church, not a deaconess, although this conclusion should be regarded as tentative.