1 Les recomiendo a nuestra hermana Febe, diaconisa de la iglesia de Cencreas. 2 Recíbanla muy bien en el Señor, como debemos hacerlo con los hermanos en la fe. Ayúdenla en todo lo que puedan, porque ella ha ayudado mucho a otras personas y a mí mismo. 3 Saluden en mi nombre a Priscila y a Aquila. Ellos han colaborado mucho conmigo en la obra de Cristo Jesús. 4 ¡Hasta han arriesgado la vida por salvarme! Y no soy el único que les está agradecido; todas las iglesias gentiles lo están también. 5 Salúdenme también a las personas que se congregan a adorar al Señor en la casa de Priscila y Aquila. También a Epeneto, mi gran amigo, él fue el primero en convertirse al cristianismo en Asia. 6 Recuerdos a María, que se ha esforzado tanto por ayudarlos a ustedes. 7 Lo mismo a Andrónico y a Junías, parientes míos y compañeros de prisión, los cuales son muy apreciados entre los apóstoles; ellos se hicieron cristianos antes que yo. 8 Saludos a Amplias, a quien amo como hermano en el Señor. 9 Salúdenme a Urbano, nuestro compañero de trabajo en Cristo, y a mi amado hermano Estaquis. 10 Luego salúdenme a Apeles, que tantas veces ha demostrado su fidelidad a Cristo. Y recuerdos a los de la familia de Aristóbulo. 11 Saludos también a mi pariente Herodión, y a los de la familia de Narciso, que son fieles al Señor. 12 Saludos a Trifena y a Trifosa, obreras esforzadas del Señor. Saluden también a mi querida hermana Pérsida, que ha trabajado tanto por el Señor. 13 Saludos a Rufo, que es un distinguido creyente, así como a su querida madre, que ha sido como una madre para mí. 14 Y denles saludos a Asíncrito, a Flegonte, a Hermes, a Patrobas, a Hermas y a los hermanos que están con ellos. 15 Saludos a Filólogo, a Julia, a Nereo y a su hermana, a Olimpas y a todos los hermanos que estén con ellos. 16 Y salúdense unos a otros con un beso santo. Todas las iglesias de Cristo les envían saludos. 17 Les ruego, hermanos, que se aparten de los que causan divisiones y problemas, y que están en contra de lo que a ustedes se les ha enseñado. 18 Esos maestros no están trabajando para Cristo nuestro Señor, sino para su propio beneficio. Le hablan a la gente con palabras bonitas y engañan fácilmente a los ingenuos. 19 Todo el mundo sabe que ustedes son leales y obedientes, y eso me alegra mucho. Pero quiero que sean sabios para hacer lo correcto y que sean ingenuos para el mal. 20 Pronto el Dios de paz aplastará a Satanás bajo sus pies. Que la gracia de nuestro Señor Jesús esté con ustedes. 21 Timoteo, mi colaborador, y Lucio, Jasón y Sosípater, mis parientes, les envían saludos. 22 Yo, Tercio, a quien Pablo ha dictado esta carta, les envío saludos en Cristo. 23 Gayo me pide que los salude en su nombre. Yo estoy alojado en su casa y aquí también se reúne la iglesia. Erasto, el tesorero de la ciudad, les envía saludos, al igual que el hermano Cuarto. 24 Que la gracia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo sea con todos ustedes. Amén. 25 El Dios eterno mantuvo en secreto su plan por muchos siglos, pero ahora lo ha dado a conocer por medio de las Escrituras proféticas. Esto, de acuerdo con su propio mandato, para que todas las naciones obedezcan a la fe. ¡Al que puede fortalecerlos a ustedes conforme a mi evangelio y a la predicación acerca de Jesucristo, 27 a Dios, el único verdaderamente sabio, sea la gloria para siempre por medio de Jesucristo! Amén.
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There is no verse 26 in this translation; the verses after it keep their usual numbers.
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
Gaius
Paul's host at Corinth, whose hospitality extended to the whole church; Paul baptized him.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:14
Hermas
Hermes
Herodion
Julia
Junia
Paul's kinswoman and fellow prisoner, well known among the apostles; she became a believer before Paul. Some manuscripts and translations read the masculine Junias.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:7
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
Mary
A woman in Rome whom Paul greets as having worked very hard for the church.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:6
Narcissus
Paul greets those in the Lord from the household of Narcissus.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:11
Nereus
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
Phoebe
A servant of the church at Cenchreae and patron of many, including Paul, commended by him to the Romans.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:1
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
Urbanus
Cross references (25)
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
- 27 Romans 11:36; 1 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 7:10–12; Revelation 19:1–6; Romans 11:33–34
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What the Fathers said
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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)