Paul brings his magisterial letter to a close with a conventional mixture of greetings, warnings, and prayers. It also features a series of significant reminders. He begins his personal conclusion with insights into his “priestly” ministry. Paul is not a priest. He is not a mediator between God and man. Christ alone is that mediator (1 Timothy 2:5). But Paul’s calling and appointment are revisited and explained. He is divinely appointed as a minister to Christ to the nations in the priestly service of the gospel of God. All is emphatically to make much of Christ. To this, Paul solicits the church in Rome to see and support the same.