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2. Philemon does the same kind of work that Paul and Timothy do [Alf, Blm, CBC, EGT, El, Herm, Hn, Lg, Lns, My, TH, TNTC]: you work for the gospel, as we do. and to-Apphia the sistera TEXT—Instead of ἀδελφῇ ‘sister’, the Byzantine text reads ἀγαπητή ‘beloved’. This variant is not given in GNT. Only Blm, Brt, Lg, and KJV read ‘beloved’. LEXICON—a. ἀδελφή (LN 11.24): ‘sister’ [BAGD, Herm, Hn, ICC, LN, Lns, WBC; all versions], ‘fellow believer’ [LN]. QUESTION—What is indicated by the dative
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