Romans · Chapter 16

[ edit] Forſoþ, briþeren, I comende to ȝou Feben, oure ſiſter, þat is in þe ſeruyce of þe chirche þat is in Teucris, þat ȝe reſſeyue hir in þe Lord worþily to ſeyntis, and þat ȝe ſtonde nyȝ, or helpe, hir in what euere nede, or þing, ſhe ſchal nede of ȝou. Forſoþ and ſhe ſtood nyȝ, or helpide, to manye, and to me ſilf. Saluwe ȝe, or greete ȝe, Priſka and Aquyla, myn helperis in Criſt Jheſu, þe whiche vndirputtiden her neckis for my ſoule, or lyf; to whiche not I aloone do þankingis, but and alle þe chirchis of heþene men. And greete ȝe wel hir homeli chirche. Grete ȝe wel Efenete, loued to me, þat is þe firſte of Aſye in Criſt Jheſu. Greete wel Marie, þe which haþ trauelid moche in vs.

Greeteþ wel Andronyk and Juliane, myn coſyns, and myn euene caytifs, or priſoneris, þe whiche ben noble among apoſtlis, and þe whiche weren bifore me in Criſt. Greeteþ wel Ampliate, mooſt dereworþe to me in þe Lord. Greete wel Vrban, oure helper in Criſt Jheſu, and Stacchen, my loued. Greete wel Appellem, noble in Criſt. Greete wel hem þat ben of Ariſtoblis hous. Greete wel Erodyon, my coſyn. Greete we hem þat ben of Narciſties hous, þat ben in þe Lord. Greete wel Triphenam and Triphonam, þe whiche wymmen trauelen in þe Lord. Greete wel Perſida, mooſt dereworþe womman, þat haþ moche trauelid in þe Lord. Greete wel Rufus, choſun in þe Lord, and his modir, and myn.

Greete wel Anſicrete, Flegoncia, Hermen, Patroban, Herman, and briþeren þat ben wiþ hem. Greete wel Filologus, and Julyan, and Venerum, and his ſiſtir, and Olympiades, and alle þe ſeyntis þat ben wiþ hem. Greetiþ wel to gidere in hooly coſſ. Alle þe chirchis of Criſt greeten ȝou wel. Forſoþ, briþeren, I preie ȝou, þat ȝe aſpye hem þat maken diſcenciouns and hirtyngis, or ſclaundris, biſydis þe doctryn þat ȝe han lernyd, and bowe ȝe awey fro hem. Soþely ſiche men ſeruen not to þe Lord Criſt, but to her wombe, and by ſwete wordis and bleſſingis diſſeyuen þe hertis of innoſent men. Soþli ȝoure obedience is puppliſchid into euery place, þerfore I ioye in ȝou.

But I wole ȝou for to be wyſe in good þing, and ſymple in yuel þing. Forſoþe God of pees defoule Saþanas vndir ȝoure feet ſweftly. Þe grace of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt be wiþ ȝou. Tymoþe, myn helpere, greetiþ ȝou wel, and alſo Lucius, and Jaſon, and Soſipater, my coſyns. I þe þridde greete ȝou wel, þat haue writyn þe epiſtle, in þe Lord. Gayus, my herborgere, greetiþ ȝou wel, and al þe chirche. Eraſtus treſorer, or kepere, of þe cite, greetiþ ȝou wel, and Quartus, broþer. Þe grace of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt wiþ ȝou alle. Amen.

Forſoþ to him, þat is myȝty for to conferme ȝou by my goſpel, and preching of Jheſu Criſt, vp þe reuelacioun of myſterie holdun ſtille, þat is, not ſchewid, in tymes euerlaſtynge; þe which myſterie is now maad opyn by ſcripturis of prophetis, vp þe comaundement of God wiþouten bygynnynge and endynge, to þe obedyence of feiþ in alle heþene men, þe myſterie knowun to God aloone wyſe by Jheſu Criſt, to whom honour and glorie into worldis of worldis. Amen. Here endiþ þe epiſtle to Romayns, and now bigynneþ þe prolog to þe firſte epiſtle to Corinþis.