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16:1 I commend to you Phoebe, our sister,
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who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
16:2 that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints,
and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you,
for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.
16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
16:4 who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I
give thanks,
but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
16:5 Greet the assembly that is in their house.
Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia
to Christ.
16:6 Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow
prisoners,
who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before
me.
16:8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.
16:9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys,
my beloved.
16:10 Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ.
Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.
16:11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman.
Greet them of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord.
Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
16:13 Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and
mine.
16:14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas,
and the brothers who are with them.
16:15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas,
and all the saints who are with them.
16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ
greet you.
16:17 Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those
who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling,
contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
16:18 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but
their own belly;
and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts
of the innocent.
16:19 For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore
over you.
But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in
that which is evil.
16:20 And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you,
as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.
16:22 I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord.
16:23 Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets
you.
Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus,
the brother.
16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.
16:25 {See Romans 14:23}
16:26 {See Romans 14:23}
16:27 {See Romans 14:23}
{TR places Romans 14:24-26 at the end of Romans instead of at the
end of chapter 14,
and numbers these verses 16:25-27.}
Notice also that these people were laborers. While today, Christians
may be praise just for showing up for church or Bible study, he praises
them for the their laboring for the Lord. But then again so few Christians
today are encouraged to think of themselves as laborers.