en_tn/rom/16/13.md

Rufus

This is a man's name. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)

chosen in the Lord

You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "whom the Lord has chosen" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

his mother and mine

Paul speaks of the mother of Rufus as if she were his own mother. Alternate translation: "his mother, whom I also think of as my mother" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)