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²and to Apphia, most beloved sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in your house.

⁴⁶Also, they continued, daily, to be of one accord in the temple and to break bread among the houses; and they took their meals with exultation and simplicity of heart,

¹⁹The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you greatly in the Lord, with the church of their household, where I also am a guest.

⁴²Now they were persevering in the doctrine of the Apostles, and in the communion of the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.

²⁰how I held back nothing that was of value, how well I have preached to you, and that I have taught you publicly and throughout the houses,

⁵and greet the church at their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is among the first-fruits of Asia in Christ.

⁴²And every day, in the temple and among the houses, they did not cease to teach and to evangelize Christ Jesus.

²⁰For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst.”

¹Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is in the ministry of the church, which is at Cenchreae, ²so that you may receive her in the Lord with the worthiness of the saints, and so that you may be of assistance to her in whatever task she will have need of you. For she herself has also assisted many, and myself also. ³Greet Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus, ⁴who have risked their own necks on behalf of my life, for whom I give thanks, not I alone, but also all the churches of the Gentiles; ⁵and greet the church at their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is among the first-fruits of Asia in Christ. ⁶Greet Mary, who has labored much among you.

¹⁵Greet the brothers who are at Laodicea, and Nymphas, and those who are at his house, a church.

²And suddenly, there came a sound from heaven, like that of a wind approaching violently, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

⁴For just as, within one body, we have many parts, though all the parts do not have the same role, ⁵so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other. ⁶And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith; ⁷or ministry, in ministering; or he who teaches, in doctrine; ⁸he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who governs, in solicitude; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

²⁶What is next, brothers? When you gather together, each one of you may have a psalm, or a doctrine, or a revelation, or a language, or an interpretation, but let everything be done for edification.