<p>16:20- see on Rom. 16:16.</p><p><i>All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss</i>- Given the sexual immorality in the church (see on chapters 5 and 6), Paul had to emphasize a <i>holy</i> kiss. But greeting by kissing was only acceptable in the first century between those of the same social class. To suggest church members all kissed each other was radical- for a slave to kiss a master, a Jew to kiss a Gentile etc. Justin Martyr (Apology) claims that it was a well known and strange characteristic for the early Christians to kiss each other in their religious assemblies. We ask whether our love and unity leaves such a noticeable impression these days.</p>