Chapter 16

¹And I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church, that is in Cenchrae: ²That you receive her in the Lord as becometh saints; and that you assist her in whatsoever business she shall have need of you. For she also hath assisted many, and myself also. ³Salute Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus, ⁴(Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles,) ⁵And the church which is in their house. Salute Epenetus, my beloved: who is the firstfruits of Asia in Christ. ⁶Salute Mary, who hath laboured much among you. ⁷Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow prisoners: who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. ⁸Salute Ampliatus, most beloved to me in the Lord. ⁹Salute Urbanus, our helper in Christ Jesus, and Stachys, my beloved. ¹⁰Salute Apelles, approved in Christ. ¹¹Salute them that are of Aristobulus' household. Salute Herodian, my kinsman. Salute them that are of Narcissus' household, who are in the Lord. ¹²Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute Persis, the dearly beloved, who hath much laboured in the Lord. ¹³Salute Rufus, elect in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ¹⁴Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren that are with them. ¹⁵Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympias; and all the saints that are with them. ¹⁶Salute one another with an holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you. ¹⁷Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissensions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them. ¹⁸For they that are such, serve not Christ our Lord, but their own belly; and by pleasing speeches and good words, seduce the hearts of the innocent. ¹⁹For your obedience is published in every place. I rejoice therefore in you. But I would have you to be wise in good, and simple in evil. ²⁰And the God of peace crush Satan under your feet speedily. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. ²¹Timothy, my fellow labourer, saluteth you, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen. ²²I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. ²³Caius, my host, and the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, saluteth you, and Quartus, a brother. ²⁴The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. ²⁵Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from eternity, ²⁶(Which now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the precept of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith,) known among all nations; ²⁷To God the only wise, through Jesus Christ, to whom be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.