As Paul begins to close his letter to the Romans, he takes timeout to greet his many friends and fellow co-workers in the Lord. Paul lists 26 individuals by name, along with several others not named specifically. It is further evidence that even though Paul had not founded the church in Rome, his personal influence was acknowledged over the course of the years, as well as the thousands of miles he traveled sharing the "good news" of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. They were his pals, in the vernacular, and those whom Dr. Paul points out are the Christian's only real friends in the world, namely fellow Christians.