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Romans 16- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

August 26
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Paul Has Some Final Things to Say
16 1I want you to know that you can trust our sister [in Christ], Phoebe. She is
a special helper* in the church in Cenchrea. 2I ask you to accept her in the Lord.
Accept her the way God's people should. Help her with anything she needs from you.
She has helped me very much, and she has helped many other people too.
3Say hello to Priscilla and Aquila. They work together with me in Christ Jesus.
4They risked their own lives to save my life. I am thankful to them, and all the
non-Jewish churches are thankful to them. 5Also, say hello to the church that meets
at their house. Say hello to my dear friend Epaenetus. He was the first person to
follow Christ in Asia.* 6Say hello to Mary. She worked very hard for you. 7Say hello
to Andronicus and Junia. They are my relatives, and they were in prison with me.
They are some of God's most important helpers.* They were believers in Christ before
I was. 8Say hello to Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord. 9Say hello to Urbanus.
He is a worker together with me for Christ. And say hello to my dear friend Stachys.
10Say hello to Apelles. He was tested and proved that he truly loves Christ. Say
hello to all those people that are in the family of Aristobulus. 11Say hello to
Herodion, my relative. Say hello to all the people in the family of Narcissus that
belong to the Lord. 12Say hello to Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Those women work very
hard for the Lord. Say hello to my dear friend Persis. She has also worked very
hard for the Lord. 13Say hello to Rufus. He is a special person in the Lord. Say
hello to his mother. She has been a mother to me also. 14Say hello to Asyncritus,
Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and all the brothers [in Christ] that are with
them. 15Say hello to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas. And
say hello to all the saints (believers) with them. 16When you see each other, say
hello with a holy kiss. All of Christ's churches (groups of believers) say hello
to you.
17Brothers [and sisters], I ask you to be very careful of those people that cause
people to be against each other. Be very careful of those people that upset other
people's faith. Those people are against the true teaching you learned. Stay away
from those people. 18People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are
only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things
to fool the minds of people that don't know about evil. 19All the believers have
heard that you obey. So I am very happy because of you. But I want you to be wise
about the things that are good. And I want you to know nothing about things that
are evil. 20The God that brings peace will soon defeat Satan (the devil) and give
you power over him. The grace (kindness) of our Lord Jesus be with you. 21Timothy,
a worker together with me, says hello to you. Also Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater
(these are my relatives) say hello to you. 22I am Tertius, and I am writing these
things that Paul says. I say hello to you in the Lord. 23Gaius is letting me and
the whole church here use his home. He also says hello to you. Erastus and our
brother Quartus say hello to you. Erastus is the city treasurer here. 24*
25Glory to God. God is the One who can make you strong in faith. God can use the
Good News* that I teach to make you strong. That is the Good News about Jesus Christ
that I tell people. That Good News is the secret truth that God has made known.
That secret truth was hidden since the beginning. 26But that secret truth has now
been shown to us. And that truth has been made known to all people. It has been
made known by the things the prophets* wrote. This is what God commanded. And that
secret truth has been made known to all people, so that they can believe and obey
God. God lives forever. 27Glory forever to the only wise God through Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Footnotes: special helper A Greek word meaning "servant." Asia The western part
of Asia Minor. some of God's ... helpers Literally, "important among (or to) the
apostles." Verse 24 Some Greek copies add verse 24: "The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with all of you. Amen." Good News The news that God has made a way for
people to have their sins forgiven and live with him forever. prophets People that
spoke for God. Some of them wrote books that are part of the Old Testament.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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