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Romans 16 Bible study: Greet one another

In the Greek, Romans has its verb for greet 21 times, and every one is in its last chapter, beside people it calls beloved, fellow workers, and those who labored much in the Lord. And it opens with one person, Phoebe, who "has been a helper of many, and of my own self" (16:2).

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“For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.”
Romans 16:19 · World English Bible

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I commend to you Phoebe

In the text

The last chapter of Romans opens with one person: "I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, that you receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self." (16:1-2) (tap commend). The verses say what she is ("our sister"), where she serves ("the assembly that is at Cenchreae"), how the readers are to receive her ("in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints"), and what she has been ("a helper of many, and of my own self"). The verses say no more about her than this, and these notes don't either.

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The Greek word behind it

ἀσπάζομαιaspazomaisay as-PAD-zom-ahee

Strong's: "to enfold in the arms, i.e. (by implication) to salute, (figuratively) to welcome". Thayer lists 16:3 and 16:5-23 under "of the absent, saluting by letter". "Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus" (16:3). Here is what almost everyone misses: Romans has this verb 21 times, and every one is in this chapter (counted in RP2018). The New Testament has it 60 times, counted the same way. It is the verb of the readers' greetings ("Greet one another with a holy kiss", 16:16) and of the greetings sent to them ("The assemblies of Christ greet you", 16:16). Philippians has both near its end: "Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you." (Philippians 4:21).

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Romans 16 Bible study questions

  1. 1"that you receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints" (16:2). What would it look like for this group to welcome someone new in that way?
  2. 2The chapter greets people by name and says something of each, like "who labored much for us" (16:6). Whose work for others could you thank by name this week?
  3. 3"But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil." (16:19). What helps you grow wise in what is good?

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Last reviewed October 7, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home