Lidia
: the first European woman to convert to Christ as a result of Paul's preaching
Paulus
: a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles
Tiatira
: a town in Asia Minor 30 km southeast of Pergamum
Ikonium
: a town located in Asia Minor.
Listra
: a town in south central Asia Minor
Kolose
: a town in Phrygia near Laodicea and Hierapolis, 200 km east of Ephesus
Timotius
: a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed