<p>13:24 <em>Greet all those that have the rule over you, and all the saints- </em>Paul recognizes their elders (see on :17), but parallels the elders with the church membership.</p><p><em>They of Italy greet you- </em>This is significant in that we get the impression from 2 Tim. 4 that the Rome ecclesia had come to ignore Paul, so that he effectively stood alone.</p>