¹⁰Greetings to Apelles, whose loyalty to Christ has been proved. Greetings to those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. ¹¹Greetings to Herodion, a fellow-Jew, and to the Christians in the family of Narcissus.

¹²My 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. ¹³^*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. ¹⁴My greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and all the other Christian brothers and sisters with them. ¹⁵Greetings to Philologus and Julia, to Nereus and his sister, to Olympas and to all of God’s people who are with them. ¹⁶Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you their greetings.

Final Instructions

¹⁷I urge you, my brothers and sisters: 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! ¹⁸For 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. ¹⁹Everyone 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. ²⁰And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.^u

²¹^*Timothy, my fellow-worker, sends you his greetings; and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, fellow-Jews.

²²I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, send you Christian greetings.

²³^*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.^v

Concluding Prayer of Praise

²⁵Let 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. ²⁶Now, 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.

²⁷To the only God, who alone is all-wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever! Amen.^w

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Footnotes

uSome manuscripts omit this sentence.
vSome manuscripts add verse 24: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen; others add this after verse 27.
wSome manuscripts have verses 25–27 here and after 14.23; others have them only after 14.23; one has them after 15.33.

Cross references

*16.13: Mk 15:21
*16.21: Ac 16:1
*16.23 a: Ac 19:29; 1 Co 1:14 16.23 b: 2 Ti 4:20