Romans 16:5-22

⁵Give my greeting, also, to the church that meets at their house, as well as to my dear friend Epaenetus, one of the first in Roman Asia to believe in Christ;

⁶to Mary, who worked hard for you;

⁷to Andronicus and Junia, fellow Jews and once my fellow prisoners, who are people of note amongst the apostles, and who became Christians before I did;

⁸to my dear Christian friend Ampliatus;

⁹to Urban, our fellow worker in the cause of Christ, and to my dear friend Stachys;

¹⁰to that proved Christian Apelles; to the household of Aristobulus;

¹¹to my countryman Herodion; to the Christians in the household of Narcissus;

¹²to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard for the Master; to my dear friend Persis, for she has done much hard work for the Master;

¹³to that eminent Christian, Rufus, and to his mother, who has been a mother to me also;

¹⁴to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and our friends with them;

¹⁵also to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and to all Christ's people who are with them.

¹⁶Greet one another with a sacred kiss. All the churches of the Christ send you greetings.

¹⁷I beg you, friends, to be on your guard against people who, by disregarding the teaching which you received, cause divisions and create difficulties; dissociate yourselves from them.

¹⁸For such persons are not serving Christ, our Master, but are slaves to their own appetites; and, by their smooth words and flattery, they deceive simple-minded people.

¹⁹Everyone has heard of your ready obedience. It is true that I am very happy about you, but I want you to be well versed in all that is good, and innocent of all that is bad.

²⁰And God, the giver of peace, will before long crush Satan under your feet. May the blessing of Jesus, our Lord, be with you.

²¹Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, send theirs.

²²I Tertius, who am writing this letter, send you my Christian greeting.