Romans 16:2

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Summary

That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

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Ye receive

Therefore always receive one another as friends, just as the Christ himself received us, to the glory of God.

He who welcomes you is welcoming me; and he who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger.

And the King will reply 'I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.'

Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such men in great honour.

My fellow-prisoner, Aristarchus, sends you his greeting, and Barnabas's cousin, Mark, sends his. (You have received directions about him. If he comes to you, make him welcome.)

And I am sending him back to you with this letter--though it is like tearing out of my very heart.

If any one comes to you and does not bring this Teaching, do not receive him into your house or welcome him;

Dear friend, whatever you do for our Brothers is done in a Christian spirit--even when they are strangers to you.

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As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

Under all circumstances let your lives be worthy of the Good News of the Christ: so that, whether I come and see you, or whether I hear of your affairs at a distance, I may know that you are standing firm, animated by one spirit, and joining with one heart in a common struggle for the Faith taught by the Good News,

but--as is proper for women who profess to be religious--with good actions.

So, too, that the older women should be reverent in their demeanor, and that they should avoid scandal, and beware of becoming slaves to drink;

For

Give my greeting to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in the Cause of Christ Jesus,

At Jaffa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek 'Dorcas'--a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.

Yet you have acted nobly in sharing my troubles.

The Lord grant that he may find mercy at the hands of the Lord on 'That Day.' The many services that he rendered at Ephesus you have the best means of knowing.