The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
- KJV Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
- NKJV Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
- NASB Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
- NLT And now may God, who gives us his peace, be with you all. Amen.
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Quick answer
Paul closes the section with a benediction: may the God of peace be with you all. Amen. He commits the church to the God who gives peace.
Overview
This brief benediction caps the main body of personal remarks. Calling God 'the God of peace' is fitting after a letter much concerned with peace among believers and peace with God through Christ. Paul entrusts the whole congregation to God's gracious presence. The 'Amen' seals the prayer, expressing confident desire that God's peace would indeed rest upon them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Phil 4:9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
- 1 Th 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Th 3:16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
- Rom 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Heb 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
- 1 Cor 14:33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Ruth 2:4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Rom 16:23Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
- 2 Cor 5:19–20that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
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