Romans 16:17-20 - Concluding Exhortations

¹⁷ I urge you, Brothers, to be on your guard against people who, by disregarding the teaching which you received, cause divisions and create difficulties; dissociate yourselves from them. ¹⁸ For such persons are not serving Christ, our Master, but are slaves to their own appetites; and, by their smooth words and flattery, they deceive simple-minded people.

¹⁹ Every one has heard of your ready obedience. It is true that I am very happy about you, but I want you to be well versed in all that is good, and innocent of all that is bad. ²⁰ And God, the giver of peace, will before long crush Satan under your feet. May the blessing of Jesus, our Lord, be with you.

¹³ Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; show yourselves men; be strong. ¹⁴ Let everything you do be done in a loving spirit.

¹⁵ I have another request to make of you, Brothers. You remember Stephanas and his household, and that they were the first-fruits gathered in from Greece, and set themselves to serve Christ's People. ¹⁶ I want you, on your part, to show deference to such men as these, as well as to every fellow laborer and earnest worker. ¹⁷ I am glad Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have come, for they have made up for your absence; ¹⁸ They have cheered my heart, and your hearts also. Recognize the worth of such men as these.