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Green's Literal Translation

2 Corinthians 13:12

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Kiss;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kiss;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Greeting;   Kiss;   2 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Hebrews, Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Baptism;   Fellowship;   Holiness Purity;   Salutations;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kiss;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corinthians, Second Epistle to the;   Kiss;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints send you greetings.
King James Version (1611)
Greet one another with an holy kisse.
King James Version
Greet one another with an holy kiss.
English Standard Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
New American Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
New Century Version
Greet each other with a holy kiss.
Amplified Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Legacy Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Berean Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Contemporary English Version
Give each other a warm greeting. All of God's people send their greetings.
Complete Jewish Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Darby Translation
Salute one another with a holy kiss.
Easy-to-Read Version
Give each other the special greeting of God's people. All of God's holy people here send you their greetings.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Greete one another with an holy kisse.
George Lamsa Translation
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Good News Translation
Greet one another with the kiss of peace. All of God's people send you their greetings.
Lexham English Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.
American Standard Version
Salute one another with a holy kiss.
Bible in Basic English
Give one another a holy kiss.
Hebrew Names Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
International Standard Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.[fn]
Etheridge Translation
Salute one another with the holy kiss.
Murdock Translation
Salute ye one another, with a holy kiss.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Greete one another in an holy kisse.
English Revised Version
Salute one another with a holy kiss.
World English Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Salute one another with an holy kiss.
Weymouth's New Testament
Salute one another with a holy kiss.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Grete ye wel togidere in hooli cos.
Update Bible Version
Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the saints salute you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
New English Translation
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.
New King James Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
New Living Translation
Greet each other with a sacred kiss.
New Life Bible
Greet each other with a kiss of holy love.
New Revised Standard
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Salute ye one another with a holy kiss.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Salute one another with a holy kiss.
Revised Standard Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Grete one another in an holy kysse.
Young's Literal Translation
salute one another in an holy kiss;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Salute one another with an holy kysse.
Mace New Testament (1729)
salute one another with religious affection.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Greet each other with a hearty handshake or a kiss.

Contextual Overview

11 For the rest, brothers, rejoice! Perfect yourselves; encourage yourselves, mind the same thing, be at peace; and the God of love and of peace will be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13 All the saints greet you. 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20, 1 Thessalonians 5:26, 1 Peter 5:14

Reciprocal: Acts 20:1 - embraced Acts 20:37 - kissed

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men, brothers.
Genesis 14:12
And they took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, and his goods, and left; and he was living in Sodom.
Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth.
Genesis 19:25
And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all those living in the cities, and the produce of the ground.
Genesis 19:29
And it happened when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham; and He sent Lot out from the overthrow when overturning the cities in which Lot lived.
Psalms 26:5
I have hated the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be led astray; bad companionships ruin good habits.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Greet one another with an holy kiss.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Greet - Salute; see the note, Romans 16:3.

With an holy kiss - note, Romans 16:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 13:12. Greet one another with a holy kiss. — Use every means by which a good understanding may be brought about. Let the spirit of friendship live among you, and encourage its continuance by every friendly act. Romans 16:16; Romans 16:16.


 
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