Romans 16:13

Greeting To Roman Christians

¹² Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard in the Lord.
Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
¹³ Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother—and mine.
¹⁴ Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

Remember Me

Chosen One

Rufus

Mark 15:21

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

Matthew 12:49-50

And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Matthew 20:16

“So the last will be first, and the first last.”

Mark 3:35

Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 19:27

Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

Ephesians 1:4

For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

1 Timothy 5:2

older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

2 John 1:1

The Elder:

To the elect lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth—