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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner&#8217;s fire or a launderer&#8217;s soap. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as in days gone by, as in former years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;But you ask, &#8216;How are we to return?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.3.8"><span class="content">&#8220;But you ask, &#8216;How are we robbing you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.3.8"><span class="content">&#8220;In tithes and offerings. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are under a curse&#8212;your whole nation&#8212;because you are robbing me. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAL.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;You have spoken arrogantly against me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.3.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you ask, &#8216;What have we said against you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;You have said, &#8216;It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Faithful Remnant</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then those who feared the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> talked with each other, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and honored his name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the day when I act,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment and Covenant Renewal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. &#8220;Not a root or a branch will be left to them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of King Lemuel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of King Lemuel&#8212;an inspired utterance his mother taught him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not spend your strength</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wealth</span></span></span><span class="content"> on women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">your vigor on those who ruin kings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It is not for kings, Lemuel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">it is not for kings to drink wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">not for rulers to crave beer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let beer be for those who are perishing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">wine for those who are in anguish!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them drink and forget their poverty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">and remember their misery no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">for the rights of all who are destitute.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Speak up and judge fairly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">defend the rights of the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">31:10 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content"> A wife of noble character who can find?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">She is worth far more than rubies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Her husband has full confidence in her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">and lacks nothing of value.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">She brings him good, not harm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">all the days of her life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She selects wool and flax</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">and works with eager hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She is like the merchant ships,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">bringing her food from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She gets up while it is still night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">she provides food for her family</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">and portions for her female servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She considers a field and buys it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">She sets about her work vigorously;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">her arms are strong for her tasks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She sees that her trading is profitable,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">and her lamp does not go out at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In her hand she holds the distaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">and grasps the spindle with her fingers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">She opens her arms to the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">and extends her hands to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When it snows, she has no fear for her household;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">for all of them are clothed in scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">She makes coverings for her bed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">she is clothed in fine linen and purple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Her husband is respected at the city gate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She makes linen garments and sells them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">and supplies the merchants with sashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">She is clothed with strength and dignity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">she can laugh at the days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">She speaks with wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">and faithful instruction is on her tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">She watches over the affairs of her household</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">and does not eat the bread of idleness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Her children arise and call her blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">her husband also, and he praises her:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Many women do noble things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">but you surpass them all.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">but a woman who fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be praised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Honor her for all that her hands have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="content">and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">servant</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:1 </span><span class="ft">The word </span><span class="fq">deacon </span><span class="ft">refers here to a Christian designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in Phil. 1:1 and 1 Tim. 3:8,12.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the church in Cenchreae. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Greet Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Greet also the church that meets at their house.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.16.5"><span class="content">Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are esteemed by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.16.10"><span class="content">Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.16.11"><span class="content">Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.16.12"><span class="content">Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord&#8217;s people who are with them.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Greet one another with a holy kiss.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"><span class="content">All the churches of Christ send greetings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.16.20"><span class="content">The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.16.23"><span class="content">Erastus, who is the city&#8217;s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.16.24"><span class="label">[24]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here </span><span class="fqa">May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that is</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.</span></span></div>
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