The grace, &c. The amanuensis repeats the words which close the actual message of Paul, Rom_16:20, Some ancient texts omit this second benediction, and the Revised Version follows through not understanding the reason for the introduction of "the mystery", verses: Rom_16:25, Rom_16:26-27. There are clearly two postscripts, one after Rom_16:20, the other after Rom_16:24. The first closes the Ep. itself at the time of writing by Tertius in the spring of 58 A.D. The other was added by Paul himself during the first Roman imprisonment, and after Ephesians had been written. See longer Note below.