Romans 15:23-16:9

English Standard Version

²³ But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and ^(A)since I have longed for many years to come to you, ²⁴ I hope to see you in passing as I go ^(B)to Spain, and ^(C)to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. ²⁵ At present, however, ^(D)I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. ²⁶ For ^(E)Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. ²⁷ For they were pleased to do it, and indeed ^(F)they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. ²⁸ When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected,^[a] I will leave ^(G)for Spain by way of you. ²⁹ I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing^[b] of Christ.

³⁰ I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ^(H)the love of the Spirit, ^(I)to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, ^31 (J)that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that ^(K)my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, ³² so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and ^(L)be refreshed in your company. ³³ May ^(M)the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Personal Greetings

16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant^[c] of the church at ^(N)Cenchreae, ² that you ^(O)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 ^(P)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. ⁵ Greet also ^(Q)the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was ^(R)the first convert^[d] to Christ in Asia. ⁶ Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. ⁷ Greet Andronicus and Junia,^[e] my kinsmen and my ^(S)fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,^[f] and they were in Christ before me. ⁸ Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. ⁹ Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.