This episode brings us to the last chapter, continuing the same theme that was begun in Romans 12. Rather than the emphasis being on the work of the local church, it's all about a way of life for God's people.

It has been thought that the people of God would not be able to make themselves and the truth known in a community without a local church with the appropriate signage on a church building identifying it. This is like all the rest - God's people are known as each performs the will of God. Ideally, groups of individuals who form a community in a town will be involved in the same work and often working together. Many of such groups are known by the households in which they were members of to which they were identified.