Romans 16:19

But your obedience is known to every one. I therefore rejoice in you: and I would have you be wise in what is good, and blameless in what is evil.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

In Context

18For they who are such, do not serve our Lord Jesus Messiah, but their own belly: and by bland speeches and good wishes, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

20And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Messiah, be with you.

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Cross References

Luke 10:3Go ye: lo, I send you forth, as sheep among wolves.

1 Corinthians 14:20My brethren, be ye not children in your thoughts; but to evil things be ye infants; and in your thoughts be men.

Ephesians 5:17Therefore, be not lacking in understanding; but understand ye what is the pleasure of God.

Philippians 2:15that ye may be perfect and without blemish, as the sincere children of God, who are resident in a perverse and crooked generation; and that ye may appear among them as luminaries in the world;

Matthew Henry on Romans 16:18-21

Apostolic Salutations. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. 20 And the God of… Read the whole commentary →

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