¹⁰ For ^(A)God is not unjust so as to overlook ^(B)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in ^(C)serving the saints, as you still do.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: ^(A)Blessed are the dead ^(B)who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, ^(C)“that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

Personal Greetings

16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant^[a] of the church at ^(A)Cenchreae, ² that you ^(B)may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.

³ Greet ^(C)Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ⁴ who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.

¹⁶ You will recognize them ^(A)by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

^17 (A)Not that I seek the gift, but I seek ^(B)the fruit that increases to your credit.^[a]

²⁵ So also good works are conspicuous, and ^(A)even those that are not cannot remain hidden.

³⁹ So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to ^(A)the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics^[a] and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

⁷ For ^(A)you always have the poor with you, and whenever ^(B)you want, you can do good for them. But ^(C)you will not always have me. ^8 (D)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand ^(E)for burial. ⁹ And truly, I say to you, wherever ^(F)the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told ^(G)in memory of her.”