Romans 16:22-23 : I Tertius, who write the epistle salute you in the Lord. Gaius my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the treasurer of the city saluteth you, and Quartos the brother. It was not Paul's custom to write his epistles with his own hand; he had a secretary to write as he dictated. Tertius wrote this letter at Paul's dictation. He joins in saluting the saints in Rome. It is possible, as some think, that Romans 16:23 are the words of Tertius. It is hardly possible that the whole church at Corinth met in the home of Gaius; rather, it seems that his doors were open to any saint that needed shelter. It is hardly possible that a large church could all use the house of Gaius as a place to meet for worship. This Gaius must have been the Gaius whom Paul baptized in the early days of his preaching at Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:14). He was therefore a citizen of Corinth, and owned a home there. The Gaius mentioned in Acts 20:4 was a citizen of Derbe. And a Gaius of Macedonia, one of Paul's companions in travel, is mentioned in Acts 19:29. I cannot make all these passages refer to the same man. And the name Erastus occurs three times--Acts 19:22; Romans 16:23; 2 Timothy 4:20. The Erastus mentioned in Acts and Second Timothy was one of Paul's fellow-travelers. It has been assumed, but not by all, that the three passages refer to the same man, and that therefore, while traveling so extensively, he could not have been the treasurer of the city government, but must therefore have been the treasurer of the church in Corinth. But would not his extensive traveling interfere as effectively with his being treasurer of the one as of the other? Paul's statement to Timothy that "Erastus remained at Corinth," was made several years after Paul wrote to the Romans. It is very likely that there were at least two men named Erastus. It does not seem that a man would be designated as the treasurer of a city, if he were only the treasurer of the church in that city. Any way we look at the matter there are some difficulties, but it is usually safest to take a statement of fact at its face value. Quartus is named only in this place.