Romans 16:2

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning,

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”

They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be cursed. Come, Lord!

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—

He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’ ” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

Greet Mary, who labored much for us.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.

Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),

but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.

(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,