Colossians 4:15
“Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul sends greetings to the believers in Laodicea, to Nymphas, and to the church that meets in that house.
What Does Colossians 4:15 Mean?
Paul extends his greetings beyond Colosse to the nearby city. Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea -- he embraces the believers of that neighboring town as part of the same fellowship in Christ.
He names Nymphas, and the church which is in his house, pointing to a congregation that gathered in a home. In these early days believers met in houses, and Paul honors both the host and the gathered church. The greeting reminds the Colossians of their bond with nearby Christians and of how the church took root in ordinary homes. For them, this widened the sense of belonging to something larger than their own assembly. The gospel was spreading household by household, town by town, knitting believers together across the region. Paul's warm greeting to a house church testifies to the humble, relational way the early church grew and flourished.