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of commendation

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

We read of these 2 Cor. 3:1,¹Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? (2 Corinthians 3:1) and Acts 18:27²⁷And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: (Acts 18:27). They were letters commending brethren from one assembly to another. Those generally known, such as Paul, did not of course need them. They form a valuable and scriptural guard against “false brethren creeping in unawares.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4956 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

συστατικός

Transliteration:

sustatikos

Phonic:

soos-tat-ee-kos’

Meaning:

from a derivative of 4921; introductory, i.e. recommendatory

KJV Usage:

of commendation