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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elihu</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:3 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition </span><span class="fqa">Job, and so had condemned God</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I am young in years,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">and you are old;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">that is why I was fearful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">not daring to tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I thought, &#8216;Age should speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">advanced years should teach wisdom.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But it is the spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> in a person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It is not only the old</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">many</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">great</span></span></span><span class="content"> who are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">not only the aged who understand what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I say: Listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">I too will tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I waited while you spoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">I listened to your reasoning;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">while you were searching for words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I gave you my full attention.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">But not one of you has proved Job wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">none of you has answered his arguments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8216;We have found wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">let God, not a man, refute him.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Job has not marshaled his words against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">and I will not answer him with your arguments.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are dismayed and have no more to say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">words have failed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Must I wait, now that they are silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">now that they stand there with no reply?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I too will have my say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">I too will tell what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For I am full of words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">and the spirit within me compels me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">inside I am like bottled-up wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">like new wineskins ready to burst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I must speak and find relief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">I must open my lips and reply.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will show no partiality,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">nor will I flatter anyone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for if I were skilled in flattery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="content">my Maker would soon take me away.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now, Job, listen to my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">pay attention to everything I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I am about to open my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">my words are on the tip of my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My words come from an upright heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">my lips sincerely speak what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Spirit of God has made me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty gives me life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer me then, if you can;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">stand up and argue your case before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am the same as you in God&#8217;s sight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">I too am a piece of clay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No fear of me should alarm you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">nor should my hand be heavy on you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you have said in my hearing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">I heard the very words&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;I am pure, I have done no wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">I am clean and free from sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet God has found fault with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">he considers me his enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He fastens my feet in shackles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">he keeps close watch on all my paths.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But I tell you, in this you are not right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">for God is greater than any mortal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why do you complain to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">that he responds to no one&#8217;s words</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">33:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that he does not answer for any of his actions</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For God does speak&#8212;now one way, now another&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">though no one perceives it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In a dream, in a vision of the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">when deep sleep falls on people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">as they slumber in their beds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">he may speak in their ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">and terrify them with warnings,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to turn them from wrongdoing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">and keep them from pride,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to preserve them from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">their lives from perishing by the sword.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">33:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from crossing the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">with constant distress in their bones,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">so that their body finds food repulsive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">and their soul loathes the choicest meal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Their flesh wastes away to nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They draw near to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">and their life to the messengers of death.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">33:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to the place of the dead</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet if there is an angel at their side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">a messenger, one out of a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">sent to tell them how to be upright,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and he is gracious to that person and says to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">&#8216;Spare them from going down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">I have found a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">let their flesh be renewed like a child&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">let them be restored as in the days of their youth&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">they will see God&#8217;s face and shout for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">he will restore them to full well-being.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And they will go to others and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">&#8216;I have sinned, I have perverted what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">but I did not get what I deserved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God has delivered me from going down to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;God does all these things to a person&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">twice, even three times&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">to turn them back from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">that the light of life may shine on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">be silent, and I will speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If you have anything to say, answer me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">speak up, for I want to vindicate you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But if not, then listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="content">be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Envoys From Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses&#8212;the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine olive oil&#8212;his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.39.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, &#8220;What did those men say, and where did they come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.39.3"><span class="content">&#8220;From a distant land,&#8221; Hezekiah replied. &#8220;They came to me from Babylon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.39.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The prophet asked, &#8220;What did they see in your palace?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.39.4"><span class="content">&#8220;They saw everything in my palace,&#8221; Hezekiah said. &#8220;There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.39.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, &#8220;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty: </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.39.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> you have spoken is good,&#8221; Hezekiah replied. For he thought, &#8220;There will be peace and security in my lifetime.&#8221;</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="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 <span class="ref" usfm="PHP.1.1">Phil. 1:1</span> and <span class="ref" usfm="1TI.3.8">1 Tim. 3:8</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="1TI.3.12">12</span>.</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"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.16.2"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.16.2"></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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"></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><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><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><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><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><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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