A Network of Beloved Workers

Phoebe, Fellow Workers, Discernment, and Doxology · Romans 16

Story guide: Disclosed visual essay. Paul honors Mary, Andronicus, Junia, Ampliatus, Urbanus, Stachys, Apelles, Herodion, Tryphaena, Tryphosa, Persis, Rufus and his mother, and many house-church saints. Their varied labor forms one living network.

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6Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are notable among the apostles, and they were in Messiah before me.

8Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.

9Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Messiah, and Stachys, my beloved.

10Greet Apelles, the approved one in Messiah. Greet those of the household of Aristobulus.

11Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

12Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who has labored much in the Lord.

13Greet Rufus, the chosen one in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.

15Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.

16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Messiah greet you.

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