1 I want to introduce to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon in the assembly at the seaport of Cenchrea in Corinth. 2 I ask you to welcome her in the Lord in a manner befitting holy people belonging specially to God, and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been such a great help to so many, and especially to me. 3 Please give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in union with Messiah Jesus, 4 who to save my life were willing to risk their own, to whom not only I myself give thanks, but also all the Gentile assemblies. 5 Pass my greetings also to the assembly that meets in their home. Greetings to Epaenetus, my dear friend, who was the first in the province of Asia to turn to the Messiah. 6 Greetings to Mary, who has worked so very hard for you. 7 Greet Andronicus and Junia,+ my fellow Jews, who were in prison with me. They are well-known among the apostles, and were in the Messiah before I was. 8 Greetings to Ampliatus, my dear friend in union with the Lord. 9 Greetings to Urbanus, our fellow worker in union with the Messiah, and my dear friend Stachys. 10 Give my greetings to Apelles, who is a tried and true follower of the Messiah. Greetings to those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. 11 Greetings to Herodian, my fellow Jew. Greetings to those in the household of Narcissus who are united with the Lord. 12 Greetings to Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who work hard in union with the Lord. Greetings to Persis, my dear friend, another woman who has worked so very hard in union with the Lord. 13 Give my greetings to Rufus, who is chosen in union with the Lord, and to his mother, who has been like a mother to me, too. 14 Give my greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the other brothers and sisters who are with them. 15 Greetings to Philologus and Julia, to Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas and all the Lord’s holy people who are with them. 16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of the Messiah, all of them, send you their greetings.

17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions, and who place before others stumbling blocks of temptation, contrary to the teaching that you have received; avoid them. 18 Such people, you see, are slaves not of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, but of their own selfish interests and appetites, and through eloquent talk and flattery they deceive the hearts and minds of the unsuspecting. 19 News of your obedience, you see, has made its way to everyone. Therefore, my heart is on account of you full of great joy. Yet I want you to be wise with respect to what is good, and innocent with respect to what is evil.

20 The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet soon. May the very grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews. 22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter for Paul as he spoke, send you greetings in union with the Lord. 23 Gaius, my host, in whose home the whole assembly meets, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you his greetings, as does our brother Quartus.+

25 Now to him who is able to make you strong, according to my gospel and the message about Jesus the Messiah, according to the revelation of the mystery kept hidden for long ages past, 26 but now disclosed and made known through the very writings of the prophets, according to the very command of the eternal God, to bring about, among all the Gentiles, the obedience of faith— 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus the Messiah, be the glory forever into the ages! Amen.