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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Personal Greetings</h3><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_1"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.1" class="v45_16_1">1</span>I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who serves the church at Cenchreae. </span><span class="v45_16_2"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.2" class="v45_16_2">2</span>Receive her in the Lord's name, as God's people should, and give her any help she may need from you; for she herself has been a good friend to many people and also to me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_3"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.3" class="v45_16_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I send greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in the service of Christ Jesus; </span><span class="v45_16_4"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.4" class="v45_16_4">4</span>they risked their lives for me. I am grateful to them—not only I, but all the Gentile churches as well. </span><span class="v45_16_5"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.5" class="v45_16_5">5</span>Greetings also to the church that meets in their house.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_5">Greetings to my dear friend Epaenetus, who was the first in the province of Asia to believe in Christ. </span><span class="v45_16_6"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.6" class="v45_16_6">6</span>Greetings to Mary, who has worked so hard for you. </span><span class="v45_16_7"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.7" class="v45_16_7">7</span>Greetings also to Andronicus and Junia,<a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> fellow Jews who were in prison with me; they are well known among the apostles, and they became Christians before I did.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_8"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.8" class="v45_16_8">8</span>My greetings to Ampliatus, my dear friend in the fellowship of the Lord. </span><span class="v45_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.9" class="v45_16_9">9</span>Greetings also to Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ's service, and to Stachys, my dear friend. </span><span class="v45_16_10"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.10" class="v45_16_10">10</span>Greetings to Apelles, whose loyalty to Christ has been proved. Greetings to those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. </span><span class="v45_16_11"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.11" class="v45_16_11">11</span>Greetings to Herodion, a fellow Jew, and to the Christians in the family of Narcissus.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_12"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.12" class="v45_16_12">12</span>My greetings to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who work in the Lord's service, and to my dear friend Persis, who has done so much work for the Lord. </span><span class="v45_16_13"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.13" class="v45_16_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I send greetings to Rufus, that outstanding worker in the Lord's service, and to his mother, who has always treated me like a son. </span><span class="v45_16_14"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.14" class="v45_16_14">14</span>My greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and all the other Christians with them. </span><span class="v45_16_15"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.15" class="v45_16_15">15</span>Greetings to Philologus and Julia, to Nereus and his sister, to Olympas and to all of God's people who are with them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_16"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.16" class="v45_16_16">16</span>Greet one another with the kiss of peace. All the churches of Christ send you their greetings.</span></p><h3 class="s">Final Instructions</h3><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_17"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.17" class="v45_16_17">17</span>I urge you, my friends: watch out for those who cause divisions and upset people's faith and go against the teaching which you have received. Keep away from them! </span><span class="v45_16_18"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.18" class="v45_16_18">18</span>For those who do such things are not serving Christ our Lord, but their own appetites. By their fine words and flattering speech they deceive innocent people. </span><span class="v45_16_19"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.19" class="v45_16_19">19</span>Everyone has heard of your loyalty to the gospel, and for this reason I am happy about you. I want you to be wise about what is good, but innocent in what is evil. </span><span class="v45_16_20"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.20" class="v45_16_20">20</span>And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_20">The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.<a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_21"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.21" class="v45_16_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings; and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, fellow Jews.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_22"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.22" class="v45_16_22">22</span>I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, send you Christian greetings.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_23"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.23" class="v45_16_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> My host Gaius, in whose house the church meets, sends you his greetings; Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.<a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.23!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s">Concluding Prayer of Praise</h3><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_25"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.25" class="v45_16_25">25</span>Let us give glory to God! He is able to make you stand firm in your faith, according to the Good News I preach about Jesus Christ and according to the revelation of the secret truth which was hidden for long ages in the past. </span><span class="v45_16_26"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.26" class="v45_16_26">26</span>Now, however, that truth has been brought out into the open through the writings of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations, so that all may believe and obey.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_16_27"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.16.27" class="v45_16_27">27</span>To the only God, who alone is all-wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever! Amen.<a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.16.27!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.7: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Junia; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Junias; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">some manuscripts have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Julia.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.20: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts omit this sentence.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.23: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts add verse 24: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">others add this after verse 27.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.27: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts have verses 25-27 here and after 14.23; others have them only after 14.23; one has them after 15.33.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). 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