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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Romans 16 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Romans 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/15.htm" title="Romans 15">◄</a> Romans 16 <a href="../1_corinthians/1.htm" title="1 Corinthians 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/romans/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Personal Greetings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or servant">a</a></sup></span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="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.">b</a></sup></span> of the church in Cenchreae. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.</p> <div class="serieslist"><p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Greet Priscilla <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek Prisca, a variant of Priscilla">c</a></sup></span> and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Greet also the church that meets at their house.</p><p class="item1">Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or are esteemed by">d</a></sup></span> the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.</p><p class="item1">Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew.</p><p class="item1">Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.</p><p class="item1">Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Greet one another with a holy kiss.</p><p class="item1">All the churches of Christ send greetings.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.</p><p class="reg">The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.</p><p class="reg">Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-24.htm"><b>[24]</b></a></span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts include here May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.">e</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or that is">f</a></sup></span> faith— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>servant</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">The word <i>deacon</i> 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.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Greek <i>Prisca</i>, a variant of <i>Priscilla</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>are esteemed by</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some manuscripts include here <i>May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>that is</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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