In Romans 16:21-24, Paul trots out his companions who wish to offer their greetings to the Roman Christians.
\n16:22 tells us that Tertius wrote the letter, and many today need to be reminded of the real world of Paul. His handwriting may not have been good; and it was customary for a figure like Paul to employ someone to do the actual writing. However, this does not mean that Paul \u201cdictated\u201d his letter to Tertius and that Tertius simply wrote down Paul\u2019s talking word for word. We have every reason to believe \u2014 and I appeal here to 1 Peter and to the style variations in Paul\u2019s own letters \u2014 that the \u201camanuensis\u201d\/scribe was given some freedom to adapt the words of Paul to his own styel, Which means that arguments about dating Paul\u2019s letters on the basis of style is a near waste of time.
\nWright concludes 16:1-20 with three observations:
\n1. That Paul mentions so many women is noteworthy.
\n2. That Paul was a bridge-builder is a good example for more of us today.
\n3. That Paul combines wisdom and shrewdness is still needed today.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Romans 16:21-24, Paul trots out his companions who wish to offer their greetings to the Roman Christians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romans"],"yoast_head":"\n