12. Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord—two active women.
Salute the beloved Persis—another woman.
which laboured much in the Lord—referring probably, not to official services, such as would fall to the deaconesses, but to such higher Christian labors—yet within the sphere competent to woman—as Priscilla bestowed on Apollos and others (Ac 18:18).