Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.
- BSB Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
- NKJV Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
- NASB Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.
- NLT May God’s grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Quick answer
Paul ends with grace for all who love the Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. It matters because the whole Christian life-from start to finish-rests on God's grace and a sincere love for Christ.
Overview
Fittingly, the letter that so exalts God's grace closes by invoking that grace upon believers. Love for the Lord Jesus 'with incorruptible love'-a love that is sincere and enduring-marks those who truly belong to him. The closing 'Amen' seals the letter's great message: that in Christ, by grace, God gathers and keeps a people for himself, equipping them to stand to the end.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 22:37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
- 1 Cor 16:22–23If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
- Titus 3:15All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.
- Titus 2:7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
- 2 Cor 8:12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- John 21:15–17So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- 2 Cor 8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
- Heb 13:25Grace be with you all. Amen.
- Col 4:18The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
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