Paul has a long list of acknowledgments, all positive, of fellow workers, patrons and those that have promoted the spread of the Gospel. His final instructions are to a body of believers that they avoid division at all cost. Romans concludes with a doxology.

*I can’t believe I did not explain Tertius in verse 22. I will have to say something next week, amending my statement about being finished with Romans. This is Paul’s letter to the Romans; Tertius is an amanuensis, the writer of what Paul was saying. We believe, for a few reasons, that Paul was losing his eyesight. Tertius steps in at the very end to identify himself to offer a greeting of his own.