¹⁵ Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea,^(A) and to Nympha and the church in her house.^(B)

² also to Apphia our sister and Archippus^(A) our fellow soldier^(B)—and to the church that meets in your home:^(C)

Final Greetings

¹⁹ The churches in the province of Asia^(A) send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla^[a](B) greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.^(C)

¹⁵ You know that the household of Stephanas^(A) were the first converts^(B) in Achaia,^(C) and they have devoted themselves to the service^(D) of the Lord’s people.^(E) I urge you, brothers and sisters,

²⁰ For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”^(A)

⁴ These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.^(A) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.^(B) They were purchased from among mankind^(C) and offered as firstfruits^(D) to God and the Lamb.

¹ The elder,^(A)

To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

¹⁸ He chose to give us birth^(A) through the word of truth,^(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits^(C) of all he created.