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Young's Literal Translation

2 Thessalonians 3:18

the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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.
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 and may the Lord of the peace Himself give to you the peace always in every way; the Lord [is] with you all! 17 The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is a sign in every letter; thus I write; 18 the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] 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 Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed [art] thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;
Genesis 3:15
and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'
Joshua 23:13
know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.
Job 1:21
and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Job 31:40
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
Psalms 104:2
Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns -- snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been 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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