1 I Commende vnto you Phebe our sister, which is a seruaunt of the Church of Cenchrea: 2 That ye receiue her in the Lord, as it becommeth Saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer businesse she needeth of your ayde: for she hath giuen hospitalitie vnto many, and to me also. 3 Greete Priscilla, and Aquila my fellowe helpers in Christ Iesus, 4 (Which haue for my life laide downe their owne necke. Vnto whom not I onely giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.) 5 Likewise greete the Church that is in their house. Salute my beloued Epenetus, which is the first fruites of Achaia in Christ. 6 Greete Marie which bestowed much labour on vs. 7 Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cousins and fellowe prisoners, which are notable among the Apostles, and were in Christ before me. 8 Greete Amplias my beloued in the Lord. 9 Salute Vrbanus our fellow helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloued. 10 Salute Apelles approoued in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus friendes. 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greete them which are of the friendes of Narcissus which are in the Lord. 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, which women labour in the Lord. Salute the beloued Persis, which woman hath laboured much in the Lord. 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. 14 Greete Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Mercurius, and the brethren which are with them. 15 Salute Philologus and Iulias, Nereas, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the Saintes which are with them. 16 Salute one another with an holy kisse. The Churches of Christ salute you. 17 Now I beseech you brethren, marke them diligently which cause diuision and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned, and auoide them. 18 For they that are such, serue not the Lord Iesus Christ, but their owne bellies, and with faire speach and flattering deceiue the heartes of the simple. 19 For your obedience is come abroade among all: I am glad therefore of you: but yet I woulde haue you wise vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euill. 20 The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder your feete shortly. The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you. 21 Timotheus my helper, and Lucius, and Iason, and Sosipater my kinsemen, salute you. 22 I Tertius, which wrote out this Epistle, salute you in the Lord. 23 Gains mine hoste, and of the whole Church saluteth you. Erastus the steward of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. 24 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 25 To him nowe that is of power to establish you according to my Gospel, and preaching of Iesus Christ, by the reuelation of the mysterie, which was kept secrete since the worlde began: 26 (But nowe is opened, and published among all nations by the Scriptures of the Prophetes, at the commandement of the euerlasting God for the obedience of faith) 27 To God, I say, only wise, be praise through Iesus Christ for euer. Amen. ‘Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe, seruaunt of the Church which is at Cenchrea.’
Romans 16 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ampliatus
Paul's beloved friend in the Lord, greeted in Rome.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:8
Andronicus
Paul's kinsman and fellow prisoner, well known among the apostles and in Christ before Paul.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:7
Apelles
Aquila
A Jew from Pontus, a tentmaker expelled from Rome under Claudius, who worked with Paul at Corinth and later taught Apollos with his wife Priscilla.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:2; Acts 18:26; Romans 16:3
Aristobulus
Paul greets those of the household of Aristobulus.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:10
Asyncritus
Epenetus
Paul's beloved friend, the first convert to Christ in Asia.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:5
Erastus
Named as the city treasurer who sends greetings in Romans, as a helper Paul sent into Macedonia with Timothy, and as one who stayed at Corinth; these are probably the same man.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:22; Romans 16:23; 2 Timothy 4:20
Hermas
Herodion
Lucius
One of Paul's kinsmen who sent greetings to Rome from Corinth; he may be the Lucius of Cyrene named at Antioch.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:21
Narcissus
Paul greets those in the Lord from the household of Narcissus.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:11
Olympas
Patrobas
Persis
A beloved woman who, Paul says, has worked very hard in the Lord.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:12
Philologus
Greeted by Paul together with Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas, and all the saints with them.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:15
Phlegon
Priscilla
Aquila's wife, also called Prisca, who with him hosted a church in her house and risked her neck for Paul's life.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:2; Acts 18:26; Romans 16:3
Quartus
A brother who sends greetings to Rome in Paul's letter.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:23
Rufus
Greeted by Paul as chosen in the Lord, together with his mother, whom Paul also calls his own.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:13
Sosipater
One of Paul's kinsmen who sent greetings to Rome; he is perhaps the same as Sopater of Berea.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:21
Stachys
Tertius
The man who wrote down Paul's letter to the Romans and added his own greeting in the Lord.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:22
Tryphena
A woman greeted by Paul as one who works hard in the Lord, mentioned together with Tryphosa.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:12
Tryphosa
A woman greeted by Paul as one who works hard in the Lord, mentioned together with Tryphena.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:12
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 18:18; 1 Peter 1:22–23; 1 Timothy 5:9–10; James 2:15; Matthew 12:50
- 2 Philippians 2:29; Philippians 1:27; Matthew 10:40–42; Acts 9:41; Colossians 4:10
- 3 Acts 18:26; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19; Romans 16:9; 1 Corinthians 16:16
- 4 1 John 3:16; Philippians 2:30; Joshua 10:24; 1 Corinthians 7:17; Micah 2:3
- 5 Colossians 4:15; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Philemon 2; 1 Corinthians 16:15; Matthew 18:20
- 6 Romans 16:12; 1 Timothy 5:10; Matthew 27:55
- 7 Romans 16:21; Romans 16:11; Colossians 4:10; Philemon 23; Galatians 1:22
- 8 1 John 3:14; Philippians 4:1; Romans 16:5
- 9 Romans 16:21; Romans 16:2–3
- 10 Romans 14:18; 1 Peter 1:7; Deuteronomy 8:2; 2 Corinthians 8:22; 1 Timothy 3:10
- 11 Romans 16:21; Romans 16:7
- 12 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 16:16; Hebrews 6:10–11; 1 Timothy 4:10
- 13 1 Timothy 5:2; 2 John 1; Mark 15:21; John 15:16; Matthew 12:49–50
- 14 1 Peter 1:22–23; Hebrews 3:1; Colossians 1:2; Romans 8:29
- 15 Romans 16:2; Romans 1:7; Isaiah 60:21; Romans 16:14; Ephesians 1:1
- 16 1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Peter 5:14; Acts 20:37
- 17 Jude 19; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Timothy 6:3–5; 2 Timothy 3:5; Colossians 2:8
- 18 Colossians 2:4; Matthew 7:15; 1 Timothy 6:5; Micah 3:5; Philippians 3:19
- 19 Matthew 10:16; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Philippians 2:15; James 3:13–18; Romans 1:8
- 20 Luke 10:19; 1 John 3:8; Genesis 3:15; Zechariah 10:5; Malachi 4:3
- 21 Acts 20:4; Acts 13:1; Romans 16:7; Romans 16:11; Acts 17:5
- 22 Galatians 6:11; Romans 16:8; 1 Corinthians 16:21; Colossians 3:17
- 23 Acts 19:22; 1 Corinthians 1:14; 3 John 1–6; 2 Timothy 4:20; Acts 19:29
- 25 1 Corinthians 2:7; Colossians 1:26–27; Romans 2:16; Ephesians 1:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:14
- 26 Romans 15:18; Romans 1:5; Galatians 3:8; Isaiah 40:28; 1 Timothy 1:17
- 27 Romans 11:36; 1 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 7:10–12; Revelation 19:1–6; Romans 11:33–34
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I Think that many even of those who have the appearance of being extremely good men, hasten over this part of the Epistle as superfluous, and having no great weight in it. And I think that the same befalls them in regard to the genealogy that is in the Gospel.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… for them?" That we might watch, and be ever prepared for conflict, guarding against our disguised as well as against our open enemies: which kind indeed Paul also was intimating, when he said, that "by their good words they deceive the hearts of the simple." Let us not be troubled therefore, when we see many such even now.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)