1   I commende vnto you Phebe our sister, whiche is a minister of the ^note Church of Cenchrea,

2   That ye receaue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you: For she hath suckoured many, and my selfe also.

3   Greete Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christe Iesu:

4   (Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes: Unto whom, not onlye I geue thankes, but also all the Churches of the gentiles)

5   Lykewyse [greete] the Churche that is in their house. Salute my welbeloued Epenetus, which is the first fruite of Achaia in Christe.

6   Greete Marie, which bestowed much labour on vs. B   

7   Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cosins, and prisoners with me also, which are wel taken among the Apostles, and were in Christe before me.

8   Greete Amplias my beloued in the Lorde.

9   Salute Urban our helper in Christe, and Stachys my beloued.

10   Salute Appelles approued in Christe, salute them whiche are of Aristobulus housholde.

11   Salute Herodion my kinsman, greete them that be of the housholde of Narcissus, which are in the Lorde.

12   Salute Tryphena, ∧ Tryphosa, which labour in the Lorde. Salute the beloued Persis, which laboured much in the Lorde.

13   Salute Rufus chosen in the Lorde, and his mother and myne.

14   Greete Asyncritus, Phlegon, Herman, Patrobas, Mercurius, and the brethren which are with them. C   

15   Salute Philologus and Iulia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saintes which are with them.

16    ^noteSalute one an other with an holy ^note kysse. The Churches of Christ salute you.

17   &rhand; Nowe I beseche you brethren, ^note marke them whiche cause deuision, ∧ geue occasions of euyll, contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned, and auoyde them.

18   For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes.

19   For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men. I am glad therfore no doubt, of you: But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good, ∧ simple concernyng euyll.

20   The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder your feete shortly. The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with you.

21   Timotheus my workfelowe, and Lucius, and Iason, ∧ Sosipater my kinsemen, salute you. D   

22   I Tertius, whiche wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lorde.

23    ^noteGaius myne hoast, and of the whole Churche, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

24   The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

25   To hym that is of power to stablisshe you, according to my Gospell, and preachyng of Iesus Christe, by reuealyng of the misterie whiche was kept secrete sence the worlde began,

26   But nowe is opened, and by the scriptures of the prophetes, at the c&obar;maundement of the euerlastyng God, to the obedience of fayth, among all nations publisshed:

27   To [the same] God, wyse only, be glorie, through Iesus Christe, for euer. Amen. ¶ This epistle was written to the Romanes from Corinthus [and sent] by Phebe the minister vnto þe; Churche at Cenchrea.

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