1I would like you to welcome our sister Phoebe. She is a deacon of the church in Cenchreae.2I ask you to receive her as one who belongs to the Lord. Receive her in the way God’s people should. Give her any help she may need from you. She has been a great help to many people, including me.3Greet Priscilla and Aquila. They work together with me in serving Christ Jesus.4They have put their lives in danger for me. I am thankful for them. So are all the Gentile churches.5Greet also the church that meets in the house of Priscilla and Aquila. Greet my dear friend Epenetus. He was the first person in Asia Minor to become a believer in Christ.6Greet Mary. She worked very hard for you.7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews. They have been in prison with me. They are leaders among the apostles. They became believers in Christ before I did.8Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.9Greet Urbanus. He works together with me in serving Christ. And greet my dear friend Stachys.10Greet Apelles. He remained faithful to Christ even when he was tested. Greet those who live in the house of Aristobulus.11Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet the believers who live in the house of Narcissus.12Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa. Those women work hard for the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis. She is another woman who has worked very hard for the Lord.13Greet Rufus. He is a chosen believer in the Lord. And greet his mother. She has been like a mother to me too.14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes. Greet Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.15Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister. Greet Olympas and all of the Lord’s people who are with them.16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their greetings.17I am warning you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who try to keep you from staying together. They want to trip you up. They teach you things opposite to what you have learned. Stay away from them.18People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.19Everyone has heard that you obey God. So you have filled me with joy. I want you to be wise about what is good. And I want you to have nothing to do with what is evil.20The God who gives peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.21Timothy works together with me. He sends his greetings to you. So do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.22I, Tertius, wrote down this letter. I greet you as a believer in the Lord.23-24Gaius sends you his greetings. He has welcomed me and the whole church here into his house. Erastus is the director of public works here in the city. He sends you his greetings. Our brother Quartus also greets you.25May God receive glory. He is able to strengthen your faith. He does this in keeping with the good news and the message I preach. It is the message about Jesus Christ. This message is in keeping with the mystery hidden for a very long time.26The mystery has now been made known through the writings of the prophets. The eternal God commanded that it be made known. God wanted all the Gentiles to obey him by trusting in him.27May the only wise God receive glory for ever through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Romans 16
English Standard Version
Personal Greetings
1I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant[1] of the church at Cenchreae, (Ac 18:18)2that you may 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. (Php 2:29)3Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, (Ac 18:2)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 the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert[2] to Christ in Asia. (1Co 16:15; 1Co 16:19; Col 4:15; Phm 1:2)6Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.7Greet Andronicus and Junia,[3] my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,[4] and they were in Christ before me. (Col 4:10; Phm 1:23)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 who belong to the family of Aristobulus. (1Co 1:11)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[5] who are with them.15Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. (1Co 16:20; 2Co 13:12; 1Th 5:26; 1Pe 5:14)
Final Instructions and Greetings
17I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. (1Ti 1:3; 1Ti 6:3; 2Jo 1:10)18For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites,[6] and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. (Php 3:19; Col 2:4; 2Ti 3:4; Tit 1:12; 2Pe 2:3)19For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. (Jer 4:22; Mt 10:16; Ro 1:8)20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (Ge 3:15; Lu 10:17; Ro 15:33; 1Co 16:23; Re 12:11)21Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen. (Ac 16:1)22I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord. (1Co 16:21)23Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.[7] (Ac 19:29; Ac 20:4; 1Co 1:14; 3Jo 1:1)
Doxology
25Now 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 that was kept secret for long ages (Ro 2:16; 1Co 2:1; 1Co 2:7; 1Co 4:1; Eph 1:9; Eph 3:3; Eph 3:20; Eph 5:32; Eph 6:19; 2Ti 1:9; Tit 1:2; Jud 1:24)26but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith— (Ro 1:5; Col 1:6; Col 1:26; 2Ti 1:10; Tit 1:3)27to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen. (Ro 11:36; 1Ti 1:17; 1Ti 6:16)