{"id":1968,"date":"2016-08-26T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:45:48","slug":"romans-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/romans-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chapter sixteen<\/strong> concludes this letter with Paul\u2019s traditional final greetings, yet it is significantly different from his other letters (Romans 16:1-16). Paul names more people (a total of 26 plus generic \u201csister, brother, others\u201d) than in any of his other letters. This is interesting given the fact that he had never yet been there, yet he refers to many of them as his dear friends. One possible conclusion is that they had served with him (like Prisca and Aquila, Romans 16:3) at various times outside of Rome. If this were the case, it reminds us that Luke\u2019s account in Acts is a broad overview of Paul\u2019s ministry with a few specific incidents mentioned. Paul was obviously aware of the various small house groups and their leaders that made up the Roman church, so it is also likely that he had continually inquired about them during his travels, especially since he wanted to minister there. This points to Paul\u2019s strategic mind, carefully planning and preparing for his work, even well in advance.<\/p><p>Because of the nature of the essential doctrines in this letter, a final warning was necessary to make sure that the believers understood how to deal with those who would push back and even reject what Paul had taught (Romans 16:17-20). After a final greeting from those with Paul (including Tertius, who actually wrote the letter for him), Paul closed with a benediction praising <em>\u201cthe only wise God\u201d<\/em> and Jesus for the new revelation of these truths which God had <em>\u201ckept secret for long ages\u201d<\/em> and had only hinted at <em>\u201cthrough the prophetic scriptures.\u201d<\/em> Such a fitting conclusion to the greatest book in all the New Testament \u2013 the introduction, explanation, and application of God\u2019s gift of righteousness to all who believe.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter sixteen concludes this letter with Paul\u2019s traditional final greetings, yet it is significantly different from his other letters (Romans 16:1-16). Paul names more people (a total of 26 plus generic \u201csister, brother, others\u201d) than in any of his other letters. This is interesting given the fact that he had never yet been there, yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","tag-romans"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Chapter sixteen concludes this letter with Paul\u2019s traditional final greetings, yet it is significantly different from his other letters (Romans 16:1-16). Paul names more people (a total of 26 plus generic \u201csister, brother, others\u201d) than in any of his other letters. 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