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2 Thessalonians 3:18

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blessings;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hebrews, the Epistle to the;   Salutation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amen;   Benediction;   2 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Benediction ;   Grace ;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
King James Version (1611)
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all, Amen.The second Epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.
King James Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
English Standard Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
New American Standard Bible
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
New Century Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Legacy Standard Bible
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Berean Standard Bible
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
Contemporary English Version
I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to all of you.
Complete Jewish Bible
The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you all.
Darby Translation
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all.
Easy-to-Read Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all, Amen. The second Epistle to the Thessalonians, written from Athens.
George Lamsa Translation
The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Good News Translation
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Lexham English Bible
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
Literal Translation
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Amplified Bible
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
American Standard Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Bible in Basic English
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Hebrew Names Version
The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you all. Amein.
International Standard Version
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.Amen
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Etheridge Translation
The grace of Jeshu Meshiha be with you all, my brethren. Amen.
Murdock Translation
The grace of Jesus the Messiah be with you all, my brethren. Amen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Sent from Athens.
English Revised Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
World English Bible
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The Salutation of Paul, with my own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Weymouth's New Testament
This is my handwriting. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with `alle you. Amen.
Update Bible Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Webster's Bible Translation
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen.
New English Translation
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
New King James Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
New Living Translation
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
New Life Bible
May all of you have loving-favor from our Lord Jesus Christ.
New Revised Standard
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ, be with you all.
Revised Standard Version
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The grace of oure lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen.
Young's Literal Translation
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with you all! Amen.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the favour of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. AMEN.
THE MESSAGE
The incredible grace of our Master, Jesus Christ, be with all of you!
Simplified Cowboy Version
May the grace of God guide your hearts and minds down every trail.

Contextual Overview

16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all. 17 The salutation of Paul with my own hand: which is the sign in every epistle. So I write. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 16:20, Romans 16:24

Reciprocal: Romans 1:7 - and the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:28 - General 2 Thessalonians 3:16 - The Lord be Revelation 22:21 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
Joshua 23:13
Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you.
Job 1:21
And said: Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
Job 31:40
Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
Psalms 90:3
(89-3) Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
Psalms 104:2
(103-2) And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:
Proverbs 22:5
Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. This was the sign or token; :- The subscription to this epistle is, "The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens"; though it seems rather to be written from Corinth. In the Syriac version it is said,

"the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, which is written from Laodicea of Pisidia, and sent by the hands of Tychicus.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all; - See the notes, Romans 16:20.

From the subscription to this Epistle, it purports to have been “written from Athens.” This is probably incorrect, as there is reason to think that it was written from Corinth. See the introduction. At all events, this subscription is of no authority. See the notes at the end of the Epistles to the Romans and 1 Corinthians.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Thessalonians 3:18. The grace — The favour, blessing, and influence of our Lord Jesus Christ, be with you all - be your constant companion. May you ever feel his presence, and enjoy his benediction!

Amen. — So let be! God grant it! This word in this place, has more evidence in favour of its genuineness than it has in most other places; and was probably added here by the apostle himself, or by the Church of the Thessalonians.

The subscriptions to this epistle are various in the MSS. and VERSIONS. The latter are as follows: -

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens. - Common Greek text.

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, which was written at Laodicea in Pisidia, was sent by the hands of Tychicus. - SYRIAC.

The end of the Epistle; and it was written at Athens. - ARABIC.

To the Thessalonians. - AETHIOPIC.

Written from Athens, and sent by Silvanus and Timotheus. - COPTIC.

No subscription in the VULGATE.

Written at Corinth. - Author of the SYNOPSIS.

--------- sent by Titus and Onesimus. - Latin Prologue.

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, written from Rome. - No. 71, a MS. of the Vatican library, written about the eleventh century.

The chief of the MSS. either have no subscription, or agree with some of the above versions.

That the epistle was neither written at Athens, Laodicea, nor Rome, has been sufficiently proved; and that it was written, as well as the first, at Corinth, is extremely probable. See the preface, and what has been said on the preceding epistle.

I have often had occasion to observe that the subscriptions at the end of the sacred books are not of Divine origin; they are generally false; and yet some have quoted them as making a part of the sacred text, and have adduced them in support of some favourite opinions.

Finished correcting this epistle for a new edition, the shortest day in 1831. - A. C.


 
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