1I COMMEND TO YOU PHOEBE, a fellow-Christian who holds office in the congregation at Cenchreae.
2Give her, in the fellowship of Christ, a welcome worthy of God's people, and stand by her in any business in which she may need your help, for she has herself been a good friend to many, including myself.
3Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in Jesus Christ. 4They risked their necks to save my life, and not I alone but all the gentile congregations are grateful to them. 5Greet also the congregation at their house.
Give my greetings to my dear friend Epaenetus, the first convert to Christ in Asia, 6and to Mary, who toiled hard for you.
7Greet Andronicus and Junias my fellow-countrymen and comrades in captivity. They are eminent among the apostles, and they were Christians before I was.
8Greetings to Ampliatus, my dear friend in the fellowship of the Lord, 9to Urban my comrade in Christ, and to my dear Stachys. 10My greetings to Apelles, well proved in Christ's service, to the household of Aristobulus, 11and my countryman Herodion, and to those of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord's fellowship. 12Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who toil in the Lord's service, and dear Persis who has toiled in his service so long. 13Give my greetings to Rufus, an outstanding follower of the Lord, and to his mother, whom I call mother too. 14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and all friends in their company. 15Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all God's people associated with them.
16Greet one another with the kiss of peace. All Christ's congregations send you their greetings.
17I implore you, my friends, keep your eye on those who stir up quarrels and lead others astray, contrary to the teaching you received. 18Avoid them, for such people are servants not of Christ our Lord but of their own appetites, and they seduce the minds of innocent people with smooth and specious words. 19The fame of your obedience has spread everywhere. This makes me happy about you; yet I should wish you to be experts in goodness but simpletons in evil; 20and the God of peace will soon crush Satan beneath your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you!
21Greetings to you from my colleague Timothy, and from Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater my fellow-countrymen. 22(I Tertius, who took this letter down, add my Christian greetings.) 23Greetings also from Gaius, my host and host of the whole congregation, and from Erastus, treasurer of this city, and our brother Quartus. 24