Romans 16

Romans 16
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Epistle to the Romans 16:1,4-7,11-12 in Papyrus 118 (verso side), written in the 3rd century.
Book	Epistle to the Romans
Bible part	New Testament
Order in the Bible part	6
Category	Pauline epistles

Romans 16 is the sixteenth (and the last) chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle while he was in Corinth during the winter of AD 57-58, but written by an amanuensis, Tertius, who adds his own greeting in verse 22. Paul wrote to the Roman Christians in order to give them a substantial resume of his theology.

The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:

Phoebe is described as a servant of the church in the New King James Version, as a deacon in the New International Version and the New Revised Standard Version, a deaconess in the Revised Standard Version and the Jerusalem Bible, and a leader in the Contemporary English Version. According to the contemporary idiom in The Message, she was "a key representative of the church at Cenchrea". The Jerusalem Bible suggests she was "probably the bearer of the letter" and verse 2 suggests she also had other "business" to deal with in Rome.

Tertius - This name is a Latin one, and perhaps the person might be a Roman, for the names Secundus, Tertius, Quartus, Quintus, etc. were common with the Romans; unless it may be thought, as it is by some, that this man was the same with Silas, who was a constant companion of the apostle; and the Hebrew word is the same as Tertius; he also is numbered among the seventy disciples, and said to be bishop of Iconium; (See Luke 10:1). Whosoever he was, it is certain he was an amanuensis of the apostle, who wrote this letter, either from the apostle's notes, or from his mouth.