18. For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
19. For while your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I want you to be wise as to what is good, and simple as to what is evil;
20. then the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
21. Timothy, my co-worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.
22. I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23. Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.
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25. [Now to him who can strengthen you, according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages
26. but now manifested through the prophetic writings and, according to the command of the eternal God, made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith,
27. to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever. Amen.]