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16 Give each other the special greeting of God’s people.[a]

All the churches that belong to Christ send their greetings to you.

17 Brothers and sisters, I want you to be very careful of those who cause arguments and hurt people’s faith by teaching things that are against what you learned. Stay away from them. 18 People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only pleasing themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool those who don’t know about evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:16 the special greeting of God’s people Literally, “a holy kiss.”

16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.(A)

All the churches of Christ send greetings.

17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.(B) Keep away from them.(C) 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(D) but their own appetites.(E) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(F) the minds of naive people.

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