text: Subscript Some manuscripts have a subscript at the end of the Epistle:
  ("to the Romans") is found in these manuscripts: Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Vaticanus, Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, Codex Claromontanus;
  ("to the Romans it was written from Corinth"): B, D (P);
  ("to the Romans it was written from Corinth by Phoebe the deacon"): 42, 90, 216, 339, 462, 466*, 642;
  ("the epistle to the Romans was written by Tertius and was sent by Phoebe from the Corinthians of the church in Cenchreae"): only in 337;
  ("to the Romans it was written from Corinth by Phoebe the deacon of the church in Cenchreae"): 101, 241, 460, 466, 469, 602, 603, 605, 618, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1932, followed by Textus Receptus.
  Paul's life in relation to his epistle
  For ten years before writing the letter ( AD), Paul had traveled around the territories bordering the Aegean Sea evangelizing. Churches had been planted in the Roman provinces of Galatia, Macedonia, Achaia and Asia. Paul, considering his task complete, wanted to preach the gospel in Spain, where he would not "build upon another man's foundation". This allowed him to visit Rome on the way, a long-time ambition of his. The letter to the Romans, in part, prepares them and gives reasons for his visit.