Message Notes

WORDS OF COMMENDATION CONCERNING PHOEBE

1. Phoebe described (Romans 16:1)

a) Our sister

b) A servant of the church (deaconess)

2. Phoebe commended (Romans 16:2a)

a) To be well-received

b) In a manner worthy of the saints

3. Help to be given to Phoebe (Romans 16:2b)

a) Assist her in whatever business she has n3eed of you

b) She is worth helping

c) She has been a helper of many

d) She helped Paul too

SENDING OF GREETINGS

A long list of significant friends

1. Priscilla and Aquila (Romans 16:3-4)

a) Paul’s fellow-workers

b) Who risked their own necks for my life

2. In thanksgiving to God

a) To whom I give thanks (Romans 16:4)

b) All the churches of the Gentiles (Romans 16:4)

c) Greet the church at their house (Romans 16:5a)

3. Firstfruis of Achaia
Epenetus (Romans 16:5b)

4. Mary
Who laboured much for us (Romans 16:6)

5. Andronicus and Junia

a) My fellow countrymen (Romans 16:7a)

b) My fellow prisoners (Romans 16:7b)

c) Who are of note among the apostles (Romans 16:7c)

d) Who also were in Christ before me (Romans 16:7d)

6. Amplias
My beloved in the Lord (Romans 16:8)

7. Urbanus
Our fellow worker in Christ (Romans 16:9a)

8. Stachys
My beloved (Romans 16:9b)

9. Ampelles
Approved in Christ (Romans 16:10a)

10. Aristobolus
His household (rather than Aristobolus himself) (Romans 16:10b)

11. Herodion
My fellow countryman (Romans 16:11a)

12. Narcissus
Those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord (Romans 16:11b)

13. Tryphena and Tryphosa
Laboured in the Lord (Romans 16:12a)

14. Beloved Persis
Who laboured much in the Lord (Romans 16:12b)

15. Rufus
Chosen in the Lord
And his mother and mine (Romans 16:13)

16. Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes
And the brethren who are with them (Romans 16:14)

17. Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas
And all the saints with them (Romans 16:15)

Greet one another with a holy kiss.
The churches of Christ greet you. (Romans 16:16)