Romans 16

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¹I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a deacon in the church in Cenchrea. ✦ ²Welcome her in the Lord as one who is worthy of honor among God’s people. Help her in whatever she needs, for she has been helpful to many, and especially to me. ✦ ³Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in the ministry of Christ Jesus. ✦ ⁴In fact, they once risked their lives for me. I am thankful to them, and so are all the Gentile churches. ✦ ⁵Also give my greetings to the church that meets in their home. Greet my dear friend Epenetus. He was the first person from the province of Asia to become a follower of Christ. ✦ ⁶Give my greetings to Mary, who has worked so hard for your benefit. ✦ ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews, who were in prison with me. They are highly respected among the apostles and became followers of Christ before I did. ✦ ⁸Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord. ✦ ⁹Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys. ✦ ¹⁰Greet Apelles, a good man whom Christ approves. And give my greetings to the believers from the household of Aristobulus. ✦ ¹¹Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet the Lord’s people from the household of Narcissus. ✦ ¹²Give my greetings to Tryphena and Tryphosa, the Lord’s workers, and to dear Persis, who has worked so hard for the Lord. ✦ ¹³Greet Rufus, whom the Lord picked out to be his very own; and also his dear mother, who has been a mother to me. ✦ ¹⁴Give my greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers and sisters who meet with them. ✦ ¹⁵Give my greetings to Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas and all the believers who meet with them. ✦ ¹⁶Greet each other with a sacred kiss. All the churches of Christ send you their greetings. ✦ ¹⁷And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them. ✦ ¹⁸Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people. ✦ ¹⁹But everyone knows that you are obedient to the Lord. This makes me very happy. I want you to be wise in doing right and to stay innocent of any wrong. ✦ ²⁰The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. ✦ ²¹Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow Jews. ✦ ²²I, Tertius, the one writing this letter for Paul, send my greetings, too, as one of the Lord’s followers. ✦ ²³Gaius says hello to you. He is my host and also serves as host to the whole church. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you his greetings, and so does our brother Quartus. ✦ ²⁵Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the beginning of time. ✦ ²⁶But now as the prophets foretold and as the eternal God has commanded, this message is made known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that they too might believe and obey him. ✦ ²⁷All glory to the only wise God, 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.

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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