The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
- KJV Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
- BSB The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
- NKJV Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
- NLT Dear brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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Quick answer
Paul closes by praying that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ would be with the Galatians' spirit. The letter that began and battled for grace ends with grace.
Overview
Fittingly, this letter so fiercely devoted to grace ends with a benediction of grace, the unmerited favor of God in Christ. Calling them 'brothers' shows Paul's enduring affection despite his sharp correction. The final 'Amen' seals his prayer that they would live not by law but in the freedom and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
- Rom 16:20And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
- Phlm 1:25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
- Rev 22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.
- Rom 16:23Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.
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Christ became a curse for us to redeem us from the law's curse, that we might receive the Spirit and be sons — justified by faith in him, not by works.
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