Romans 16:21

The NET Bible®

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Timothy, my coworker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen, greet you.

King James Version (1611)
Timotheus my worke-fellow, and Lucius, and Iason, and Sosipater my kinsemen salute you.

King James Version
Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

English Standard Version
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

New American Standard Bible
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

New Century Version
Timothy, a worker together with me, sends greetings, as well as Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

Amplified Bible
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Timothy my fellow worker greets you, and so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

Legacy Standard Bible
Timothy my fellow worker greets you, and so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

Berean Standard Bible
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.

Contemporary English Version
Timothy, who works with me, sends his greetings, and so do my relatives, Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater.

Complete Jewish Bible
Timothy, my fellow-worker, sends greetings to you; so do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.

Darby Translation
Timotheus, my fellow-workman, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

Easy-to-Read Version
Timothy, a worker together with me, sends you his greetings. Also Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater (these are my relatives) send their greetings.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Timotheus my helper, and Lucius, and Iason, and Sosipater my kinsemen, salute you.

George Lamsa Translation
Ti-mo''the-us, my fellow-worker, and Lucius, and Jason, and So-sip''a-ter, my kinsmen, salute you.

Good News Translation
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings; and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, fellow Jews.

Lexham English Bible
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my compatriots.

Literal Translation
Timothy, my fellowworker, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, greet you.

American Standard Version
Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

Bible in Basic English
Timothy, who is working with me, sends his love to you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relations.

Hebrew Names Version
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

International Standard Version
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.Acts 13:1; 16:1; 17:5; 20:4; Philippians 2:19; Colossians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Timothy 1:2; Hebrews 13:23;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Timotheos, a labourer with me, and Lukios and Iason and Sosipatros my kinsmen ask for your peace.

Murdock Translation
Timothy, my fellow-laborer, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Timotheus my workfelowe, and Lucius, and Iason, & Sosipater my kinsemen, salute you.

English Revised Version
Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

World English Bible
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Timothy my fellow-labourer, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater my kinsmen salute you.

Weymouth's New Testament
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, and so do my countrymen Lucius, Jason and Sosipater.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Tymothe, myn helpere, gretith you wel, and also Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my cosyns.

Update Bible Version
Timothy my co-worker salutes you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

Webster's Bible Translation
Timothy my work-fellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater my kinsmen, salute you.

New King James Version
Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.

New Living Translation
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

New Life Bible
Timothy, my helper, greets you. Lucius and Jason and Sosipater from my family say hello also.

New Revised Standard
Timothy, my co-worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
There salute you - Timothy, my fellow-worker, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Timothy, my fellow labourer, saluteth you: and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

Revised Standard Version
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosip'ater, my kinsmen.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Thimotheus my worke felow and Lucius and Iason and Sopater my kynsmen salute you.

Young's Literal Translation
Salute you do Timotheus, my fellow-workman, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kindred;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Timotheus my helper, & Lucius, & Iason, & Sopater my kynsme salute you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Timotheus my collegue, Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

THE MESSAGE
And here are some more greetings from our end. Timothy, my partner in this work, Lucius, and my cousins Jason and Sosipater all said to tell you hello.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Timothy, my saddle pard, sends his hellos along with Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater—my fellow Jews.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots. ²² I, Tertius, who am writing 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. Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages, but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith— to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen. ²⁴Personal Greetings Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me. Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia. Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you. Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord. Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys. Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. Greet Herodion, my compatriot. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers and sisters with them. Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers who are with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them! For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive. Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots. I, Tertius, who am writing this letter, greet you in the Lord. Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer and our brother Quartus greet you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Timotheus: Acts 16:1-3, Acts 17:14, Acts 18:5, Acts 19:22, Acts 20:4, 2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:19, Colossians 1:1, Philippians 1:1, Philippians 2:19-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:1, 1 Timothy 1:2, 1 Timothy 6:11, 1 Timothy 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:2, Hebrews 13:23

Lucius: Acts 13:1

Jason: Acts 17:5

Sosipater: Acts 20:4, Sopater

my kinsmen: Romans 16:7, Romans 16:11

Reciprocal: Romans 16:9 - our 1 Corinthians 16:10 - for 1 Corinthians 16:20 - the brethren 2 Corinthians 13:13 - General Philippians 4:21 - The Colossians 4:10 - saluteth 2 Timothy 4:21 - and all Titus 3:15 - with me Hebrews 13:24 - They

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Timotheus my work fellow,.... Now follow the salutations of the friends and companions of the apostle: we may imagine that when this epistle was just concluding, that these his friends being about him, one said, pray send my Christian salutation to our dear friends at Rome, so said a second, and likewise a third, and so on, and Timotheus he began. This is the same person with Timothy, a disciple the apostle met with at Derbe, whose father was a Greek, and his mother a Jewess, and a believer in Christ. This same man he circumcised because of the Jews, and took him along with him, and was his companion in his travels, and very assisting to him in the work of the ministry, in spreading the Gospel, and promoting the interest of Jesus Christ; and therefore he here calls him his "work fellow"; he wrote two epistles to him afterwards when at a distance front him, in which he often calls him his son, his dear and well beloved son, having a great affection for him, because as a son with a father he served with him in the Gospel of Christ:

and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater my kinsmen salute you. This Lucius was either Lucius of Cyrene, who was one of the prophets in the church at Antioch, Acts 13:1, though indeed he is never said to travel with the apostle, or to be at Corinth, from whence this epistle was written; or rather, therefore, as others think, Luke the evangelist, who was a constant companion of the apostle, and was at Corinth with him at this time, as appears from Acts 20:5; Jason no doubt is he of Thessalonica, that received Paul and Silas into his house, and when an uproar was made concerning them, was brought before the rulers of the city, and gave security for them, Acts 17:5. This is a Jewish name, and he himself was a Jew, as is clear from his being a kinsman of the apostle's; his name was ישוע, "Jeshua" or "Jesus"; so we read of one Jason, the brother of Onias the high priest of the Jews,

"But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, called Epiphanes, took the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias laboured underhand to be high priest,'' (2 Maccabees 4:7)

and whose name, as Josephus a relates, was Jesus, but he chose to be called Jason, very likely because that was a name among the Greeks, whose fashions he was fond of. Sosipater was Sopater of Berea, who, with others, accompanied the apostle into Asia, Acts 20:4; he also was a Jew, and his Jewish name, as Grotius conjectures, might be Abisha, or rather Abishua, the name of the son of Phinehas the high priest, 1 Chronicles 6:4. Mention is also made of one of this name, Sosipater, in

"12. Howbeit Dositheus and Sosipater, who were of Maccabeus' captains, went forth, and slew those that Timotheus had left in the fortress, above ten thousand men. 24. Moreover Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews' parents, and the brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.'' (2 Maccabees 12:12,24)

These three last were Paul's kinsmen after the flesh, as well as in the spirit; being of the same nation, and perhaps of the same tribe, and it may be of the same family; they are all three mentioned among the severity disciples: Lucius is said to be bishop of Laodicea in Syria, Jason of Tarsus, and Sosipater of Iconium;

1 Chronicles 6:4- :.

a Antiqu. l. 12. c. 5. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Timotheus - Timothy; to whom the Epistles which bear his name were written. He was long the companion of Paul in his labors; Act 16:1; 1 Corinthians 16:10; 2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:19; Philippians 2:29; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Timothy 1:2; Hebrews 13:23.

And Lucius - He is mentioned in Acts 13:1, as a prophet and teacher, a native of Cyrene. Nothing more is known of him.

My kinsmen - Romans 16:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. Timotheus my workfellow — This is on all hands allowed to be the same Timothy to whom St. Paul directs the two epistles which are still extant. See some account of him in the notes on Acts 16:1, &c.

Lucius — This was probably Luke the evangelist, and writer of the book called The Acts of the Apostles. For a short account of him see the Preface to that book.

Jason — It is likely that this is the same person mentioned Acts 17:7, who at Thessalonica received the apostles into his house, and befriended them at the risk both of his property and life.

Sosipater — He was a Berean, the son of one Pyrrhus, a Jew, by birth, and accompanied St. Paul from Greece into Asia, and probably into Judea. See Acts 20:4.