Romans Chapter 16

Extensive Greetings

            ¹ I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant in the church in Cenchrea. ² Welcome her in the Lord in a way appropriate to saints. Help her with whatever she needs. She’s helped lots of people, including me.                                                                                                

³ Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. ⁴ They’ve risked their necks to save my life. Not only am I grateful to them; so are all the Gentile churches. ⁵ Greet the church that meets in their house. Hello to Epaenetus, my dear friend, the first convert to Christ in Asia; ⁶ and to Mary, who has worked hard for you^pl. ⁷ Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kin and fellow prisoners. They’re well-known among the apostles and have been Christians longer than I have. ⁸ Give our regards to Ampliatus, my friend in the Lord; ⁹ to Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ; and to my close friend Stachys. ¹⁰ Greet Apelles^mas, approved in Christ, those in the family of Aristobulus, ¹¹ and Herodion, my compatriot. Greet the family of Narcissus, who are in the Lord; ¹² as well as Tryphaena and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet ¹³ Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ¹⁴ Say hello to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the disciples that are with him; ¹⁵ as well as Philologus and Julia; Nereus and his sister Olympas; and the saints that are with them. ¹⁶ Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their greetings.

Rom 16:1-16

¹⁷ I urge you to keep an eye on people that cause division and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you’ve learned; stay away from them. ¹⁸ People like that aren’t serving Christ our Lord; they’re serving their own appetites. With smooth talk and flattery, they deceive unsuspecting people. ¹⁹ Everybody’s heard about your obedience; so I’m happy over you and want you to be wise about what’s good and innocent about what’s bad. ²⁰ The God that brings peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet.                                       

²¹ Timothy, my fellow worker, says hello, as does Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen. ( ²² I, Tertius, the one writing out this letter, greets you in the Lord.) ²³ Gaius, host to me and the whole church, sends regards. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you as does Quartus the brother.       

Rom 16:17-22

Closing Doxology

[²⁴ ]^{ms 25} Now to the One who can give you security by the good news I’m delivering about Jesus Christ, according to the mystery

kept unrevealed from times eternal,

²⁶ but revealed now in the scriptures of the prophets by the commandment of the

eternal God,

made known to all nations, and

leading to an obedience rooted in faith—

²⁷ to the only wise God through Jesus Christ be glory forever! Amen.                          Rom 16:24-27

Translator: Virgil Warren                                                                                                christir.org