Romans 16

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¹I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea, ✦ ²that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as well. ✦ ³Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ✦ ⁴who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles; ✦ ⁵also greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia. ✦ ⁶Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. ✦ ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsfolk and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding in the view of the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. ✦ ⁸Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. ✦ ⁹Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. ✦ ¹⁰Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. ✦ ¹¹Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord. ✦ ¹²Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord. ✦ ¹³Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine. ✦ ¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers and sisters with them. ✦ ¹⁵Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. ✦ ¹⁶Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. ✦ ¹⁷Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. ✦ ¹⁸For such people are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. ✦ ¹⁹For the report of your obedience has reached everyone; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good, and innocent in what is evil. ✦ ²⁰The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. ✦ ²¹Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen. ✦ ²²I, Tertius, who have written this letter, greet you in the Lord. ✦ ²³Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and Quartus, the brother. ✦ ²⁵Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, ✦ ²⁶but now has been disclosed, and through the Scriptures of the prophets, in accordance with the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith; ✦ ²⁷to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. 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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The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
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