1. NOW I introduce and commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae,
2. That you may receive her in the Lord [with a Christian welcome], as saints (God's people) ought to receive one another. And help her in whatever matter she may require assistance from you, for she has been a helper of many including myself [shielding us from suffering].
3. Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
4. Who risked their lives [endangering their very necks] for my life. To them not only I but also all the churches among the Gentiles give thanks.
5. [Remember me] also to the church [that meets] in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was a firstfruit (first convert) to Christ in Asia.
6. Greet Mary, who has worked so hard among you.
7. Remember me to Andronicus and Junias, my tribal kinsmen and once my fellow prisoners. They are men held in high esteem among the apostles, who also were in Christ before I was.
8. Remember me to Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.