![]() ![]() There is a double invocation of blessing - to the brethren, and to all that love the Lord. All these are gifts from "God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.". For peace is first with God, in the thankful receiving of His mercy from this naturally arises "love with faith" towards Him and out of this, again, peace and love towards men, in the conviction that, "if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another" ( 1John 4:11). Peace seems especially dwelt upon in the Epistles of the Captivity, of which the Epistle to Philippi contains (in Ephesians 4:7) the fullest description of the "peace of God which passeth all understanding." It is naturally connected here with love (as in 2Corinthians 13:11 Colossians 3:15-16)-a "love with faith," "making perfect" (as in Galatians 5:6) the faith which St. is impossible not to notice the difference between the generality of the terms here used ("the brethren," and "all who love the Lord Jesus Christ") and the personal "you" of all the other Epistles-a difference which would be inexplicable if this Epistle were addressed to the well-known and loved Church of Ephesus alone. Paul gives the double benediction, "Peace and grace be with you all." But it. In the conclusion of the Epistle, as at the beginning, St. Peace to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Peace be to the brethren. Peace be to the brethren, and love combined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace be to the whole community, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace to the brothers, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ! May peace and love, with faith, be with the brothers, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah! May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give to all Christians peace and love with faith. May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give our brothers and sisters peace and love along with faith. Peace be to the brethren and charity with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will give peace, love, and faith to every follower! ![]() Peace be with our brethren and love with faith, from God The Father and from our Lord Yeshua The Messiah. Peace to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace be to the brothers and sisters, and love joined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace be to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace be with you, dear brothers and sisters, and may God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you love with faithfulness. Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ![]()
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