Romans 16:17-23

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Final Instructions and Greetings

¹⁷ I 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. ¹⁸ For 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. ¹⁹ For ^(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.

²² I 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]