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¹ And I commend to you Phoebe our sister, - being a minister alsoof the assembly which is in Cenchreae;² In order that ye may give her welcome in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and stand by her in any matter wherein she may have need of you; for, she also, hath proved to be a defender of many, and of my own self.³ Salute ye Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus, - ⁴ Who, indeed, for my life, their own neck laid down, - unto whom - not, I only, give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations;⁵ Salute also the assembly at their house. Salute ye Epaenetus, my beloved, who is a first-fruit of Asia unto Christ.⁶ Salute Mary - who, indeed, hath toiled much for you.⁷ Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow-captives, who, indeed, are of note among the Apostles, who also before me had come to be in Christ.⁸ Salute Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.⁹ Salute Urbanus, our fellow-worker in Christ; and Stachys, my beloved.¹⁰ Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ. Salute them of the household of Aristobulus.¹¹ Salute Herodion, my kinsman. Salute them of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.¹² Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, sisters who have toiled in the Lord. Salute Persis, the beloved sister , who, indeed, hath toiled much in the Lord.¹³ Salute Rufus, the chosen in the Lord; also his and my mother.¹⁴ Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren that are with them.¹⁵ Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympus, and all the saints that are with them.¹⁶ Salute ye one another, with a holy a kiss. All the assemblies of the Christ salute you.

¹⁷ But I beseech you, brethren, to keep an eye upon them who are causing divisions and occasions of stumbling, aside from the teaching which, ye, have learned, - and be turning away from them;¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly, - and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.¹⁹ For, your obedience, unto all hath reached, - over you, therefore, I rejoice! But I wish you - to be wise, indeed, as to that which is good, yet pure, as to that which is evil.²⁰ Howbeit, the God of peace, will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The favour of our Lord Jesus, be with you.

²¹ There salute you - Timothy, my fellow-worker, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen.²² I, Tertius, who have written the epistle, salute you in the Lord.²³ There saluteth you - Gaius, my host and the host of the whole assembly. There salute you - Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus the brother.

²⁵ Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad-message - even the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age-past times kept silent,²⁶ But now made manifest, and through means of prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the age-abiding God, for obedience of faith unto all the nations made known,²⁷ Unto a God, wise alone, through Jesus Christ, unto whombe the glory, unto the ages. Amen.