Romans 16

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¹I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea. ✦ ²Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me. ✦ ³Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ✦ ⁴who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. ✦ ⁵Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia. ✦ ⁶Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you. ✦ ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was. ✦ ⁸Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. ✦ ⁹Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. ✦ ¹⁰Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. ✦ ¹¹Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. ✦ ¹²Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord. ✦ ¹³Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well. ✦ ¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them. ✦ ¹⁵Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them. ✦ ¹⁶Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings. ✦ ¹⁷Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. ✦ ¹⁸For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. ✦ ¹⁹Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil. ✦ ²⁰The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. ✦ ²¹Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen. ✦ ²²I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord. ✦ ²³Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus. ✦ ²⁵Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past ✦ ²⁶but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith— ✦ ²⁷to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Rom 16 ·22 1 Cor 16 ·10 Eph 1 ·6 1 Pet 1 ·6 Col 1 ·6 Phil 2 ·6 Rev 1 ·6 Acts 18 ·6

Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 16 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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CommentaryEnduring Word — Romans 16David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
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