Romans 16:17-27

English Standard Version

Final Instructions and Greetings

¹⁷I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles ^(A)contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; ^(B)avoid them. ¹⁸For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but ^(C)their own appetites,^[a] and ^(D)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. ¹⁹For ^(E)your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you ^(F)to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. ²⁰^(G)The God of peace ^(H)will soon crush Satan under your feet. ^(I)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

²¹^(J)Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

²²I Tertius, ^(K)who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.

²³^(L)Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.^[b]

Doxology

²⁵^(M)Now to him who is able to strengthen you ^(N)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, ^(O)according to the revelation of the mystery ^(P)that was kept secret for ^(Q)long ages ²⁶but ^(R)has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, ^(S)to bring about the obedience of faith— ²⁷to ^(T)the only wise God ^(U)be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.