<p>4:15 <em>Greet the brothers that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house</em>- This could mean that the church in Laodicea met in the home of Nymphas. For Laodicea is the context both before and after this mention of Nymphas some manuscripts offer Nympha, a female name, and read &quot;her house&quot;. We tend to assume that the size of 'churches' today was the same in the first century; but there is no archaeological evidence for dedicated Christian meeting places in the first century, although there is ample for the existence of house churches. The perversions which the Lord later criticizes in the church at Laodicea would likely have all occurred in the lounge or side rooms of a large house. Nymphas may well have been &quot;the angel of the church&quot; to whom the Lord's letter to Laodicea was addressed (Rev. 3:14). </p>