Romans 16

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¹I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, ✦ ²that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also. ✦ ³Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ✦ ⁴who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. ✦ ⁵Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ. ✦ ⁶Greet Mary, who labored much for us. ✦ ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. ✦ ⁸Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. ✦ ⁹Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved. ✦ ¹⁰Greet Apelles, approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. ✦ ¹¹Greet Herodion, my countryman. Greet those who are of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. ✦ ¹²Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. ✦ ¹³Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ✦ ¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren who are 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. The churches of Christ greet you. ✦ ¹⁷Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. ✦ ¹⁸For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. ✦ ¹⁹For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. ✦ ²⁰And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. ✦ ²¹Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you. ✦ ²²I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. ✦ ²³Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother. ✦ ²⁴The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 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 kept secret since the world began ✦ ²⁶but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith— ✦ ²⁷to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ 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.

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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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