4. Greetings from Paul's companions 16:21-24

The men whom Paul mentioned in verse 21 all seem to have been his fellow missionaries who were working with him in Corinth when he wrote this epistle. Lucius may have been Luke, the writer of Luke and Acts.⁴¹⁴Jason (v. 21) may have been Paul's host in Thessalonica (cf. Acts 17:5-9). Sosipater (v. 21) was probably Sopater of Berea who accompanied Paul when he left Greece toward the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4). Tertius (v. 22) was his amanuensis who wrote down this epistle for Paul. The men in verse 23 were evidently all Corinthian believers.