May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Parallel translations
- WEB Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- KJV Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
- BSB Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- NKJV Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- NASB Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Quick answer
Paul's standard greeting of grace and peace flows from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. These gifts come from God, not human effort.
Overview
'Grace' (God's unmerited favor) and 'peace' (wholeness and reconciliation with God) summarize the gospel's benefits. By naming the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ together as the source, Paul affirms Christ's full deity and the unity of the Father and Son in saving. These blessings, secured at the cross, frame everything the letter will say about suffering and comfort.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Rom 1:7to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Eph 6:23Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Phil 1:2Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Phlm 1:3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Th 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Chr 12:18Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
- Col 1:2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Cor 1:3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Th 1:2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Gal 6:16As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.
- 2 Sam 15:20Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”
- Dan 4:1Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
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