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Greetings and Love Expressed

¹ Now I introduce and ^(C1)commend to you our sister ^(F1)Phoebe, a deaconess (servant) of the church at ^(F2)(C2)Cenchrea,² that you may ^(C1)receive her in the Lord with love and hospitality, as ^(F1)(C2)God's people ought to receive one another. And that you may help her in whatever matter she may require assistance from you, for she has been a helper of many, including myself.

³ Greet ^(C1)Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers ^(C2)in ^(C3)Christ Jesus,⁴ who risked their own necks endangering their very lives for my life. To them not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.⁵ Also greet ^(C1)the church that meets in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the ^(C2)first convert to Christ from the west coast province of ^(C3)Asia Minor.⁶ Greet Mary, who has worked so hard for you.⁷ Greet Andronicus and ^(F1)Junias, my ^(C1)kinsmen and once my ^(C2)fellow prisoners, who are held in high esteem ^(F2)in the estimation of the apostles, and who were believers ^(C3)in Christ before me.⁸ Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.⁹ Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker ^(C1)in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.¹⁰ Greet Apelles, the one tested and approved ^(C1)in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of ^(F1)Aristobulus.¹¹ Greet my ^(C1)kinsman Herodion. Greet those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.¹² Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.¹³ Greet ^(C1)Rufus, an eminent and choice man in the Lord, also his mother who has been a mother to me as well.¹⁴ Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.¹⁵ Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all ^(F1)(C1)God's people who are with them.^16 (C1)Greet one another with a ^(F1)holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

¹⁷ I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations for others to commit sin, acting in ways ^(C1)contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. ^(C2)Turn away from them.¹⁸ For such people do not ^(C1)serve our Lord Christ, but ^(C2)their own appetites and base desires. By ^(C3)smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting the innocent and the naive.¹⁹ For the report of your obedience ^(C1)has reached everyone, so that I rejoice over you, but ^(C2)I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

^20 (C1)The God of peace will soon crush ^(C2)Satan under your feet. ^(C3)The wonderful grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

^21 (C1)Timothy, my fellow worker, sends his greetings to you, as do ^(C2)Lucius, ^(C3)Jason and ^(C4)Sosipater, my ^(C5)kinsmen.

²² I, ^(F1)Tertius, the ^(C1)writer (scribe) of this letter, greet you in the Lord.

^23 (C1)Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church here, greets you. ^(C2)Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.^24 (F1)[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.]

^25 (C1)Now to Him who is able to establish and strengthen you in the faith ^(C2)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of ^(C3)the mystery of the plan of salvation which has been kept secret for ^(C4)long ages past,²⁶ but now has been disclosed and through the ^(C1)prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the commandment of the eternal God, leading them to ^(C2)obedience to the faith,²⁷ to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, ^(C1)be the glory forevermore! Amen.