<p>1:2 <i>And to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier</i><i>, and to the church in your house</i>- Why mention these two? Probably Apphia was Philemon's wife and Archippus his son. Or maybe they were elders in the house church which Philemon ran. &quot;Fellow soldier&quot; might reflect how Paul, writing surrounded by soldiers guarding him, considered <i>himself</i> to be the soldier of Jesus.</p>