<p>16:5 <i>And greet the church that is in their house- </i>The first of several mentions in this chapter of house groups. There is no archaeological evidence of dedicated Christian meeting places in the first century; the believers met as house groups, occasionally coming together as larger groups. If all the Roman house groups are mentioned in this chapter, then the size of the church in Rome may not have been larger than 100 members at the most- probably far less.</p><p><i>Greet Epaenetus my beloved, who is the firstfruits of Asia to Christ- </i>It depends how we define &quot;Asia&quot;, because 1 Cor. 6:15 says that &ldquo;the household of Stephanas was the first-fruit of Achaia&rdquo;. Perhaps Epaenetus was one of that extended family, perhaps a slave within it. The first convert in Asia, therefore, was an obscure slave. This is typical of how God works with the small things in human eyes.</p>