1 Final Instructions and Greetings Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a 16:1Or deaconess servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;
2 that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the 16:2Or holy ones saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a benefactor of many, 16:2Lit and of me, myself and of myself as well.
3 ¶Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
4 who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
5 alsogreetthe church that is in their house.Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from 16:5West coast province of Asia Minor Asia.
6 Greet Mary, who has labored much for you.
7 Greet Andronicus and 16:7Or Junias Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding to the apostles, who also 16:7Lit have become were in Christ before me.
8 Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
10 Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of thehouseholdof Aristobulus.
11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman.Greet those of thehouseholdof Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord.Greet Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
13 Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.
14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the brothers with them.
15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the 16:15v2,note 1 saints who are with them.
16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.All the churches of Christ greet you.
17 Now I urge you, brothers, to keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and stumblings contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.
18 For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own 16:18Lit belly stomach, and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
19 For the report of your obedience has reached to all. Therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
20 And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
21 Timothy my fellow worker greets you, andso doLucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
22 I, Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23 Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.
24 16:24Early mss omit this v [The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.]
25 Now to Him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,
26 but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the Gentiles,leadingto obedience of faith;
27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.