Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 16:2

2. That ye receive her in the Lord , as becometh saints , and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : For she hath been a succourer of many, and of my self also .

i. e. In the Lords Name, or for the Lords sake. vid. Mat. 18.5. Or else tis, as if he had said, Receive her Christianly.

As it is fit that Saints should be received, or as it is fit for them, who Profess themselves to be Saints, to receive one another.

That you stand by her, and afford her your Counsel, or any other assistance. She might have some business in the Emperours Court, by reason of Fraud, Oppression, or some unjust Vexations; and there might be those amongst them, that could stand her in some stead. There were Christians of Caesars Houshold, Phil. 4.22.

The word signifieth a Patroness. She had been Hospitable to many, and in particular, to the Apostle himself. This sheweth, She was a Woman of some Account; it was but equal, that the Saints at Rome should assist her, who had been Assistant unto so many others.

Marginal references: 3 Joh. 6.