Romans - Chapter 16 | Good News Translation

  • 1. I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who serves the church at Cenchreae.
  • 2. Receive her in the Lord's name, as God's people should, and give her any help she may need from you; for she herself has been a good friend to many people and also to me.
  • 3. I send greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in the service of Christ Jesus;
  • 4. they risked their lives for me. I am grateful to them---not only I, but all the Gentile churches as well.
  • 5. Greetings also to the church that meets in their house. Greetings to my dear friend Epaenetus, who was the first in the province of Asia to believe in Christ.
  • 6. Greetings to Mary, who has worked so hard for you.
  • 7. Greetings also to Andronicus and Junia, fellow Jews who were in prison with me; they are well known among the apostles, and they became Christians before I did.
  • 8. My greetings to Ampliatus, my dear friend in the fellowship of the Lord.
  • 9. Greetings also to Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ's service, and to Stachys, my dear friend.
  • 10. Greetings to Apelles, whose loyalty to Christ has been proved. Greetings to those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.
  • 11. Greetings to Herodion, a fellow Jew, and to the Christians in the family of Narcissus.
  • 12. My greetings to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who work in the Lord's service, and to my dear friend Persis, who has done so much work for the Lord.
  • 13. I send greetings to Rufus, that outstanding worker in the Lord's service, and to his mother, who has always treated me like a son.
  • 14. My greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and all the other Christians with them.
  • 15. Greetings to Philologus and Julia, to Nereus and his sister, to Olympas and to all of God's people who are with them.
  • 16. Greet one another with the kiss of peace. All the churches of Christ send you their greetings.
  • 17. I urge you, my friends: watch out for those who cause divisions and upset people's faith and go against the teaching which you have received. Keep away from them!
  • 18. For those who do such things are not serving Christ our Lord, but their own appetites. By their fine words and flattering speech they deceive innocent people.
  • 19. Everyone has heard of your loyalty to the gospel, and for this reason I am happy about you. I want you to be wise about what is good, but innocent in what is evil.
  • 20. And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
  • 21. Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings; and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, fellow Jews.
  • 22. I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, send you Christian greetings.
  • 23. My host Gaius, in whose house the church meets, sends you his greetings; Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.
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  • 25. Let us give glory to God! He is able to make you stand firm in your faith, according to the Good News I preach about Jesus Christ and according to the revelation of the secret truth which was hidden for long ages in the past.
  • 26. Now, however, that truth has been brought out into the open through the writings of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations, so that all may believe and obey.
  • 27. To the only God, who alone is all-wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever! Amen.
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