Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord - two active women.
Salute the beloved Persis - another woman.
which laboured much in the Lord - referring probably, not to official services, such as would fall to the deaconesses, but to such higher Christian labors - yet within the sphere competent to woman - as Priscilla bestowed on Apollos and others (Act 18:18).