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[1] I commende vnto you Phebe our sister, whiche is a minister of the 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
[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
[15] Salute Philologus and Iulia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saintes which are with them
[16] Salute one an other with an holy kysse. The Churches of Christ salute you
[17] Nowe I beseche you brethren, 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
[22] I Tertius, whiche wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lorde
[23] Gaius 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 comaundement 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
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