• "Greet"
• "In Christ" "In the Lord"
• Follow-workers
• Kinsmen
• Worked hard
• Beloved (Paul knew their reputation)
• Of the household  (a "family" is not a church.)

v5 Ephaenetus

• the first person in Christ in Asias

v6 Mary

• toiled "unto" (result) the Roman believers not "into" (positional)
• Worked personally

v7 Andronicus and Junia

• Paul's kinsman
• Paul's fellow prisoners
• Highly regarded among the apostles
• Saved before Paul

v8 Ampliatus

• Paul’s beloved in the Lord

v9 Urbanus & Stachys

• (Urbanus) our fellow worker
• Roman name
• Contrast my fellow worker

v10 Apelles

• The approved in Christ like gold being assayed

v10 those of Aristobulus

• Perhaps quite likely a family member of Caesar

v11 Herodian; Narcissus

v12 Tryphaena & tryphosa

v12 Persis

• She is "the" beloved (contrast "my" beloved) possibly because Paul does not want to give any impression of an inappropriate relationship
• She labored many times

v13 Rufus

• Mark 15:21 the same? Maybe
• Choice in Lord