Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
- BSB Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
- NKJV Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
- NASB Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ.
- NLT Greet each other with a kiss of love. Peace be with all of you who are in Christ.
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Quick answer
Peter closes by urging a loving greeting among believers and pronouncing peace on all who are in Christ. It ends the letter with affection and the gift of peace.
Overview
The 'kiss of love' was a customary expression of family affection among early Christians. Peter's final blessing, 'Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus,' grounds true peace in union with Christ. This closing benediction fittingly sends off a letter written to a suffering, scattered church.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Rom 16:16Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
- Eph 6:23Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- 1 Cor 16:20All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
- Rom 1:7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- 1 Th 5:26Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
- 2 Cor 13:12Greet one another with an holy kiss.
- 1 Cor 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
- John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- John 20:19Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
- John 20:26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
- 1 Pet 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
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