THE ROMANS CHURCH DIRECTORY
Romans 16.1-16
Romans: The Global Gospel Goes On – Part 2 of 3
BIOGRAPHICAL HIGHLIGHTS:
* v. 3 “… Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus …” (esv)
* v. 7 “… Andronicus and Junia … well known to the apostles …” (esv)
(nas) “… outstanding among the apostles …”
2 Corinthians 8.23 “… our brothers … are messengers of the churches …” (esv)
* vv. 10–11 “… those who belong to the household of Aristobulus … in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.”(niv)
Philippians 4.22 “All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household.” (esv)
* v. 12 “… workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa.” (esv)
* v. 13 “Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother …” (esv)
Mark 15.21 “He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.” (csb)
* v. 15 “… all the saints who are with them.” (esv)
WHO “SHOWS UP” IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH?
HARD Working Women
v. 6 “Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.” (esv)
vv. 1–2 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae … she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.” (esv)
Generosity
Hospitality
Spiritual Maternity
HEART Committed Men
v. 8–9 “Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord … and my beloved Stachys.”
v. 16 “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” (esv)
1 Timothy 5.1–2 “… encourage … older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.” (esv)
1 Corinthians 16.13 “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” (esv)
HARMONY Through Jesus
Galatians 3.28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” (esv)