Greetings and Love Expressed

16 I (A)recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a [a]servant of the church which is at (B)Cenchrea, that you (C)receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the [b](D)saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, [c]and of myself as well.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:1 Or deaconess
  2. Romans 16:2 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  3. Romans 16:2 Lit and of me, myself

Personal Greetings

16 I commend(A) to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a][b] of the church in Cenchreae.(B) I ask you to receive her in the Lord(C) in a way worthy of his people(D) and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:1 Or servant
  2. Romans 16:1 The word deacon refers here to a Christian designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in Phil. 1:1 and 1 Tim. 3:8,12.

Greet (A)Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers (B)in (C)Christ Jesus,

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Greet Priscilla[a] and Aquila,(A) my co-workers(B) in Christ Jesus.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:3 Greek Prisca, a variant of Priscilla

Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.

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Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.

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Greet Andronicus and [a]Junia, my (A)kinsfolk and my (B)fellow prisoners, who are outstanding in the view of the apostles, who also [b]were (C)in Christ before me.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:7 Or possibly Junias (masc)
  2. Romans 16:7 Lit have become

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews(A) who have been in prison with me.(B) They are outstanding among[a] the apostles, and they were in Christ(C) before I was.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:7 Or are esteemed by

10 Greet Apelles, the approved (A)in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

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10 Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.(A)

Greet those who belong to the household(B) of Aristobulus.

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12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord.

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12 Greet 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.

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13 Greet (A)Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

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13 Greet Rufus,(A) chosen(B) in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

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15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all (A)the [a]saints who are with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:15 See note 1 v 2

15 Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people(A) who are with them.(B)

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