19 For ayour obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be bwise in what is good, and simple concerning evil.
20 And athe God of peace bwill crush Satan under your feet shortly. cThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Greetings from Paul’s Friends
21aTimothy, my fellow worker, and bLucius, cJason, and dSosipater, my countrymen, greet you.
22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.
23aGaius, my host and thehost of the whole church, greets you. bErastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.
24aThe1 grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Benediction
25 Now ato Him who is able to establish you baccording to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, caccording to the revelation of the mystery dkept secret since the world began
26 but anow made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for bobedience to the faith—
Romans 16:21 Timothy. That Timothy was with Paul at this time, we learn from Acts 20:4. He joins with other companions of Paul in greetings. Lucius. Possibly, Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1). Jason. Possibly the one named in Acts 17:5. Sosipater. The same name as Sopater. See Acts 20:4. Kinsmen. Countrymen; Jews.
Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Romans 16:21:
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