The Church

As Paul closed his letter to the church in Rome, he penned warm greetings to those whom he had previously labored in the Gospel with. We often pay less attention to these greetings in Paul's letters but to do this will cause us to miss out on something incredibly important. We see here in the plethora of names listed that the people sharing life together in Rome are a very diverse group of people, united in the Gospel. It is made apparent that the only thing that can cause such unity in the midst of diversity is this Gospel that Paul has preached in his letter to the Romans. And Paul applies the Gospel with the last few verses as he erupts with worship to the eternal and wise God who strengthens us according to his Gospel.