Romans 16:1-18 ▼

1 Herewith I introduce our sister Phoebe to you, who is a servant of the Church at Cenchreae,

2 that you may receive her as a fellow Christian in a manner worthy of God's people, and may assist her in any matter in which she may need help. For she has indeed been a kind friend to many, including myself.

3 Greetings to Prisca and Aquila my fellow labourers in the work of Christ Jesus--

4 friends who have endangered their own lives for mine. I am grateful to them, and not I alone, but all the Gentile Churches also.

5 Greetings, too, to the Church that meets at their house. Greetings to my dear Epaenetus, who was the earliest convert to Christ in the province of Asia;

6 to Mary who has laboured strenuously among you;

7 and to Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen, who once shared my imprisonment. They are of note among the Apostles, and are Christians of longer standing than myself.

8 Greetings to Ampliatus, dear to me in the Lord;

9 to Urban, our fellow labourer in Christ, and to my dear Stachys.

10 Greetings to Apella, that veteran believer; and to the members of the household of Aristobulus.

11 Greetings to my countryman, Herodion; and to the believing members of the household of Narcissus.

12 Greetings to those Christian workers, Tryphaena and Tryphosa; also to dear Persis, who has laboured strenuously in the Lord's work.

13 Greetings to Rufus, who is one of the Lord's chosen people; and to his mother, who has also been a mother to me.

14 Greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and to the brethren associated with them;

15 to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister and Olympas, and to all God's people associated with them.

16 Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the Churches of Christ send greetings to you.

17 But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them.

18 For men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but are slaves to their own appetites; and by their plausible words and their flattery they utterly deceive the minds of the simple.