Greetings

[271 words] Some 21 times in Romans 16, Paul uses the word “greet” in sending kind regards to many brethren that he knows in Rome. Consider some of the people he greets: Those who risked their lives for Paul. Prisca & Aquila (Rom. 16:3).  Various workers in the Lord. Mary (Rom. 16:6), Urbanus (Rom. 16:9), Tryphanaena and Tryphosa, and Persis (Rom. 16:12). Those who suffered with Paul. Andronicus, Junia (Rom. 16:7).  Those who are well loved, but mostly unknown to us. Urbanus, Stachys (Rom. 16:9), Apelles, the family of Aristobulus (Rom. 16:10), Herodion, those who belong to the family of Narcissus (Rom. 16:11), Rufus and his mother (Rom. 16:13), Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and many others (Rom. 16:14), Philologus, Julia, Nereus, Nereus’s sister, Olympus, and even more (Rom. 16:15).  Others besides Paul also sent greetings to these brethren. Timothy (Rom. 16:21), Tertius (Rom. 16:22), Gaius, Erastus, and Quartus (Rom….