[16:17] I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
[16:18] For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
[16:19] For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.
[16:20] The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
[16:21] Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
[16:22] I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.
[16:23] Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.