# Rufus

This is a man's name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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/jit/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/jit/figs-metaphor]])