Bible Strands
Romans 16:7
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Roman congregation while compiling a closing list of personal greetings, placing Andronicus and Junia among those to be greeted.
The words — ἀσπάσασθε (aspasasthe) issues the command to "do greet," and συγγενεῖς (sungeneis) identifies Andronicus and Junia as Paul’s kinsmen, not the letter’s recipients.
The thread — The greeting pattern appears elsewhere in Romans 16, where Paul lists fellow countrymen and fellow workers in Romans 16:11 and 16:21, and Paul references a fellow prisoner in Colossians 4:10.
Why it lands — The text states Andronicus and Junia are outstanding among the apostles and were in Christ before Paul, requiring the reader to acknowledge their early leadership and shared suffering without reducing their status.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Cross-references
- Romans 16:11 Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
- Romans 16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
- Colossians 4:10 My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- Philemon 1:23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Galatians 1:22 I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Isaiah 45:25 In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
- John 6:56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.