Romans 16:21-23

21 Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.

22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.

23 Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.

Lucius — maybe Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1)

Jason (Acts 17:5)

Sosipater — Sopater (Acts 20:4)

Tertius — Paul’s secretary

Gaius (1 Corinthians 1:14) and also the same man who is called Titus Justus in Acts 18:1-8.

Erastus (Acts 19:22; 2 Timothy 4:20)

brother — in the faith

chamberlain — treasurer

Tertius and Quartus — “third and fourth” — Probably slaves of third and fourth importance in a household.

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