Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer and our brother Quartus greet you.

For just as it is written, “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.

and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

I, Tertius, who am writing this letter, greet you in the Lord.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots.

and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you

when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!