Personal Greetings and Love 2 UDB I request that you receive her because you are all joined to the Lord. You should do that because God's people ought to welcome their fellow believers. I am also requesting that you help her by giving her whatever she needs because she has helped many people, including me. BSB BSB: Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.
3 UDB Tell Priscilla and her husband Aquila that I send greetings to them. They worked with me for Christ Jesus, BSB BSB: Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
4 UDB and they were even willing to die for me. I thank them, and the Gentile congregations also thank them for saving my life. BSB BSB: who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
5 UDB Also tell the congregation that meets in their house that I send my greetings to them. Tell my dear friend Epaenetus the same thing. He is the first man in the province of Asia to believe in Christ. BSB BSB: Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
6 UDB Tell Mary, who has worked hard for Christ in order to help you, that I send my greetings to her. BSB BSB: Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
7 UDB Tell the same thing to Andronicus and Junia; they are fellow Jews who were in prison with me. They are well known among the apostles, and they became Christians before I did. BSB BSB: Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
8 UDB I also send my greetings to Ampliatus, who is a dear friend and is joined to the Lord. BSB BSB: Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
9 UDB I also send my greetings to Urbanus, who works for Christ with us, and to my dear friend Stachys. BSB BSB: Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
10 UDB I also send my greetings to Apelles, of whom Christ has approved because he successfully endured trials. Tell the believers who live in the house of Aristobulus that I send my greetings to them. BSB BSB: Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
11 UDB Also tell Herodion, who is my fellow Jew, that I send my greetings to him. Tell the same thing to those who live in the house of Narcissus, those who belong to the Lord. BSB BSB: Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
12 UDB Tell the same thing to Tryphaena and her sister Tryphosa, who work hard for the Lord. I also send my greetings to Persis. We all love her, and she has worked very hard for the Lord. BSB BSB: Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
13 UDB Tell Rufus, who is an outstanding Christian, that I send my greetings to him. Tell the same thing to his mother, who has treated me as though I were her son. BSB BSB: Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
14 UDB Tell Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the fellow believers who meet with them that I am sending my greetings to them. BSB BSB: Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.
15 UDB I also send my greetings to Philologus, to his wife Julia, to Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas, and to all God's people who meet with them. BSB BSB: Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.
16 UDB Greet one another affectionately in a pure way when you gather together. The believers in all the assemblies joined to Christ greet you. BSB BSB: Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
Avoid Divisions (Titus 3:9–11)
17 UDB My fellow believers, I tell you that you must be careful about the people who are causing divisions among you and who cause people to stop honoring God. Keep away from such people. BSB BSB: Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
18 UDB Those who cause divisions do not serve our Lord Christ. On the contrary, they only want to satisfy their own desires. They deceive the people using smooth talk and praise, so the people do not realize that these troublemakers are teaching false things. BSB BSB: For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
19 UDB Believers everywhere know that you have obeyed what Christ says in the good news. So I rejoice about you. But I also want you to be smart enough to recognize what is good and stay away from what is evil. BSB BSB: Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
20 UDB If you do all these things, God, who gives us his peace, will soon smash the work of Satan because of your authority! I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly toward you. BSB BSB: The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Greetings from Paul’s Fellow Workers (Colossians 4:7–14)
21 UDB Timothy, who works with me, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, who are my fellow Jews, want you to know that they are sending their greetings to you. BSB BSB: Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
22 UDB I, Tertius, one who belongs to the Lord, also want you to know that I am sending my greetings to you. I am writing down this letter as Paul tells me what to write. BSB BSB: I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23 UDB I, Paul, am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole assembly here meets in his house. He also wants you to know that he is sending his greetings to you. Erastus, who manages the city's money, sends his greetings to you also, along with our brother Quartus. BSB BSB: Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus. Doxology (Jude 1:24–25)
25 UDB Now God is able to strengthen you spiritually by my proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ, which God did not reveal in any age before our own time. BSB BSB: Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
26 UDB But now God has made it known by means of what the scriptures said would happen—so that all the people in all the nations of the world may believe in Christ and obey him. BSB BSB: but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
27 UDB May God, who alone is wise, be praised forever because of what Jesus Christ has done for us. May it be so! BSB BSB: to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
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