For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, to Me every knee will bow, And every tongue will give praise to God.”

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to the one who thinks something is unclean, to that person it is unclean.

so that with one purpose and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, And let all the peoples praise Him.”

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the 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, and of myself as well.

Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.

Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

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

Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

For such people are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

I, Tertius, who have written this letter, greet you in the Lord.