1I would like you to welcome our sister Phoebe. She is a deacon of the church in Cenchreae.2I ask you to receive her as one who belongs to the Lord. Receive her in the way God’s people should. Give her any help she may need from you. She has been a great help to many people, including me.3Greet Priscilla and Aquila. They work together with me in serving Christ Jesus.4They have put their lives in danger for me. I am thankful for them. So are all the Gentile churches.5Greet also the church that meets in the house of Priscilla and Aquila. Greet my dear friend Epenetus. He was the first person in Asia Minor to become a believer in Christ.6Greet Mary. She worked very hard for you.7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews. They have been in prison with me. They are leaders among the apostles. They became believers in Christ before I did.8Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.9Greet Urbanus. He works together with me in serving Christ. And greet my dear friend Stachys.10Greet Apelles. He remained faithful to Christ even when he was tested. Greet those who live in the house of Aristobulus.11Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet the believers who live in the house of Narcissus.12Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa. Those women work hard for the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis. She is another woman who has worked very hard for the Lord.13Greet Rufus. He is a chosen believer in the Lord. And greet his mother. She has been like a mother to me too.14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes. Greet Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.15Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister. Greet Olympas and all of the Lord’s people who are with them.16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their greetings.17I am warning you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who try to keep you from staying together. They want to trip you up. They teach you things opposite to what you have learned. Stay away from them.18People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.19Everyone has heard that you obey God. So you have filled me with joy. I want you to be wise about what is good. And I want you to have nothing to do with what is evil.20The God who gives peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.21Timothy works together with me. He sends his greetings to you. So do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.22I, Tertius, wrote down this letter. I greet you as a believer in the Lord.23-24Gaius sends you his greetings. He has welcomed me and the whole church here into his house. Erastus is the director of public works here in the city. He sends you his greetings. Our brother Quartus also greets you.25May God receive glory. He is able to strengthen your faith. He does this in keeping with the good news and the message I preach. It is the message about Jesus Christ. This message is in keeping with the mystery hidden for a very long time.26The mystery has now been made known through the writings of the prophets. The eternal God commanded that it be made known. God wanted all the Gentiles to obey him by trusting in him.27May the only wise God receive glory for ever through Jesus Christ. Amen.
1I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[1] of the church in Cenchreae. (Php 1:1; 1Ti 3:8; 1Ti 3:12)2I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.3Greet Priscilla[3] and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.4They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.5Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.6Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among[4] the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.8Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.9Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.10Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.11Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.12Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.13Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.15Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them.16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings.17I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.19Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.21Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.22I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.23-24Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.[5]25Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,26but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[6] faith –27to the only wise God be glory for ever through Jesus Christ! Amen.