Romans 16
16
Paul Has Some Final Things to Say
1I want you to know that you can trust our sister in Christ, Phoebe. She is a special servant of the church in Cenchrea. 2I ask you to accept her in the Lord. Accept her the way God’s people should. Help her with anything she needs from you. She has helped me very much, and she has helped many others too.
3Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, who have worked together with me for Christ Jesus. 4They risked their own lives to save mine. I am thankful to them, and all the non-Jewish churches are thankful to them.
5Also, give greetings to the church that meets in their house.
Give greetings to my dear friend Epaenetus. He was the first person to follow Christ in Asia.
6Greetings also to Mary. She worked very hard for you.
7And greet Andronicus and Junia. They are my relatives, and they were in prison with me. They were followers of Christ before I was. And they are some of the most important of the ones Christ sent out to do his work.#16:7 most important … work Literally, “important among (or to) the apostles.”
8Give my greetings to Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord, 9and to Urbanus. He has worked together with me for Christ.
Give greetings also to my dear friend Stachys 10and to Apelles, who has proved himself to be a true follower of Christ.
Give greetings to everyone in the family of Aristobulus 11and to Herodion, my relative.
Greetings to all those in the family of Narcissus who belong to the Lord 12and to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, women who work very hard for the Lord.
Greetings to my dear friend Persis. She has also worked very hard for the Lord.
13Greetings also to Rufus, one of the Lord’s chosen people, and to his mother, who has been a mother to me too.
14Give my greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and all the brothers in Christ who are with them.
15Give greetings to Philologus and Julia, to Nereus and his sister, to Olympas, and to all of God’s people with them.
16Give each other the special greeting of God’s people.#16:16 the special greeting of God’s people Literally, “a holy kiss.”
All the churches that belong to Christ send their greetings to you.
17Brothers and sisters, I want you to be very careful of those who cause arguments and hurt people’s faith by teaching things that are against what you learned. Stay away from them. 18People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only pleasing themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool those who don’t know about evil. 19Everyone has heard that you do what you were taught, and I am very happy about that. But I want you to be wise about what is good and to know nothing about what is evil.
20The God who brings peace will soon defeat Satan and give you power over him.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
21Timothy, a worker together with me, sends you his greetings. Also Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater (these are my relatives) send their greetings.
22I am Tertius, the one writing this letter for Paul. I send you my own greetings as one who belongs to the Lord.
23Gaius is letting me and the whole church here use his home. He sends his greetings to you. Erastus and our brother Quartus also send their greetings. Erastus is the city treasurer here. 24#16:24 Some Greek copies add verse 24: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” Those copies end the letter with verse 24 and either do not have verses 25-27 or place them at the end of chapter 14.
25Praise God! He is the one who can make you strong in faith. He can use the Good News that I teach to make you strong. It is the message about Jesus Christ that I tell people. That message is the secret truth that was hidden for ages and ages but has been made known. 26It has now been shown to us. It was made known by what the prophets wrote, as God commanded. And it has now been made known to all people so that they can believe and obey God, who lives forever. 27Glory forever to the only wise God through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Romans 16
16
Personal Greetings
1I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant#16:1 Or deaconess of the church at #Acts 18:18Cenchreae, 2that you #Phil. 2:29may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.
3Greet #See Acts 18:2Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. 5Greet also #1 Cor. 16:19; [Col. 4:15; Philem. 2] the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was #[1 Cor. 16:15]the first convert#16:5 Greek firstfruit to Christ in Asia. 6Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. 7Greet Andronicus and Junia,#16:7 Or Junias my kinsmen and my #Col. 4:10; Philem. 23fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,#16:7 Or messengers and they were in Christ before me. 8Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. 9Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. 10Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those #1 Cor. 1:11who belong to the family of Aristobulus. 11Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissus. 12Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord. 13Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well. 14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers#16:14 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 17 who are with them. 15Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. 16#1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:26; [1 Pet. 5:14]Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
Final Instructions and Greetings
17I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles #1 Tim. 1:3; 6:3 contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; #See 2 John 10avoid them. 18For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but #Phil. 3:19; [2 Tim. 3:4; Titus 1:12] their own appetites,#16:18 Greek their own belly and #Col. 2:4; 2 Pet. 2:3by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 19For #ch. 1:8 your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you #[Jer. 4:22]; See Matt. 10:16to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. 20#See ch. 15:33 The God of peace #Gen. 3:15; [Luke 10:17-19; Rev. 12:11] will soon crush Satan under your feet. #1 Cor. 16:23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
21 # See Acts 16:1 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
22I Tertius, #See 1 Cor. 16:21who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.
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1 Cor. 1:14; [Acts 19:29; 20:4; 3 John 1] Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.#16:23 Some manuscripts insert verse 24: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen
Doxology
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Eph. 3:20; Jude 24 Now to him who is able to strengthen you #See ch. 2:16 according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, #1 Cor. 2:1; 4:1; Eph. 1:9; 3:3-5; 5:32; 6:19 according to the revelation of the mystery #[1 Cor. 2:7] that was kept secret for #2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2long ages 26but #Col. 1:26; 2 Tim. 1:10; Titus 1:3 has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, #[Col. 1:6]; See ch. 1:5to bring about the obedience of faith— 27to #1 Tim. 1:17; 6:16 the only wise God #See ch. 11:36be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
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