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I,ἐγὼTertius,Τέρτιοςwho wroteὁ γράψαςthe letter,τὴν ἐπιστολὴνgreetἀσπάζομαιyouὑμᾶςinἐνthe Lord.κυρίῳ
Romans 16:22
Study it in the app“I, Tertius, who wrote the letter, greet you in the Lord.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 16:22, word by word
- TertiusΤέρτιοςTertios
Tertius
Tertius: the man who wrote down the letter to the Romans as Paul dictated it.
Where else “Tertios” appears- who wroteγράψαςgrapsas
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “grapsas” appears- the letterἐπιστολὴνepistolēn
letter
Letter.
Where else “epistolēn” appears- greetἀσπάζομαιaspazomai
greet
To greet.
Where else “aspazomai” appears- the Lordκυρίῳkyriōi
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriōi” appears
Translation note
Tertius wrote the letter at Paul’s dictation.
The context
21Timothy, my coworker, greets you, and so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.
22 · This verse (above)
23Gaius, my host and the host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, the brother.
To study Romans 16 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about Phoebe in the first verses, and what does he ask them to do for her? (vv. 1-2)
2. What it means
What does it show that Paul greets so many people by name and says something about several of them? (vv. 3-15)
3. How I live it
Paul thanks specific people for their work and support. Whom could you thank by name today?