Romans 16

Paul commends Phoebe, the bearer of the letter, and sends greetings to a long list of coworkers and friends in Rome, both men and women, Jew and Gentile — a moving picture of the diverse, laboring church. He warns them to watch out for those who cause divisions contrary to the teaching they received, and to be wise as to good and innocent as to evil. He closes with greetings from his companions and a magnificent doxology to the only wise God, who is able to strengthen them by the gospel, “to whom be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.”