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Greetings from others
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xscot mcknight
In Romans 16:21-24, Paul trots out his companions who wish to offer their greetings to the Roman Christians.
Dissensions: Once again
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xscot mcknight
Wright has impressed me with the need to see the divisive nature of the threat to the Roman church, and that a passage like Romans 16:17-20 is not just a final idea to raise while Paul thinks of closing his letter. Instead …
The house groups of Rome
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xscot mcknight
NT Wright, who admits up front that we should exercise caution, suggests that the list of names in Romans 16:1-16 points to the social make-up and to the number of house groups in Rome. He sees five or six house groups: Phoebe, Prisca/Aquila, Aristobulus, Narcissus, Asyncritus… brothers with them, etc.
Greetings
By
xscot mcknight
Paul gives a long list of greetings in Romans 16:1-16. Wright suggests the reasons for such a list is because Paul doesn’t want to create new divisions — so he mentions all the house churches he knows.
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