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Ephesians 6:24
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God's grace to all of you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love that never ends.
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love undying.
Grace be with all them which love oure lorde Iesus Christ in puernes. Ame
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Yeshua the Messiah with incorruptible love. Amein.
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.
Grace to all of you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love that never ends.
Grace be with all those that love our Lord Jesus Christ with [a love] incorruptible.
Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.
Grace be with all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with perfect sincerity.
Grace with alle men that louen oure Lord Jhesu Crist in vncorrupcioun. Amen, `that is, So be it.
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in uncorruptness.
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
May God be kind to everyone who keeps on loving our Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible.
Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be to all who love our Lord Yeshua the Messiah with undying love.
Grace with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption.
May grace be with all who love the Lord Jesus Christ with sincerity!with sincerity! Amen.">[fn]Titus 2:7;">[xr]
Grace be with all them who love our Lord Jeshu Meshiha incorruptibly. Amen.
Grace be with all them who love our Lord Jesus the Messiah without corruptness. Amen.
Grace be with all them that loue our Lord Iesus Christ in sinceritie.Written from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tychicus.
May God's grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.
May God give loving-favor to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love that never gets weak.
Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all them which loue our Lord Iesus Christ, to their immortalitie, Amen. Written from Rome vnto the Ephesians, and sent by Tychicus.
Grace be with all them that love our LORD Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Favour be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptness.
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. Amen.
Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie. Amen. Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians, by Tichicus.
May God's grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying love.
Grace be with all who have undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.
Grace be with all those that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.
The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ -- undecayingly! Amen.
Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly. Amen.
grace be with all those that have love uncorrupted for our Lord Jesus Christ. amen.
Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
May the grace of God keep you in the saddle until Jesus comes back.
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Grace: 1 Corinthians 16:23, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Colossians 4:18, 2 Timothy 4:22, Titus 3:15, Hebrews 13:25
love: John 21:15-17, 1 Corinthians 16:22
in sincerity: or, with incorruption, Matthew 22:37, 2 Corinthians 8:8, 2 Corinthians 8:12, Titus 2:7
Amen: Matthew 6:13, Matthew 28:20
Reciprocal: Numbers 6:24 - The Lord Deuteronomy 30:2 - with all thine heart Joshua 24:14 - serve Judges 5:31 - them that 1 Chronicles 12:18 - peace Song of Solomon 1:4 - the upright love thee Song of Solomon 7:12 - there will I give thee Isaiah 56:6 - to love Luke 7:47 - she John 5:23 - all men John 14:15 - General John 16:27 - because Romans 1:7 - and the Lord 1 Corinthians 5:8 - but 2 Corinthians 5:14 - the love 2 Corinthians 11:3 - so Ephesians 6:5 - in Philippians 1:10 - that ye may be 1 Peter 1:8 - ye love Revelation 22:21 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ,.... Christ is the object of love, and a lovely object he is: he is to be loved because of the loveliness of his person, and the transcendent excellencies that are in him; because of his suitableness and fulness as a Saviour; and because of his great love shown to his church and people; and because of the relations he stands in to them, and the communion they have with him: love to Christ is a grace of the Spirit, and is in all believers; and though it is imperfect, and sometimes cold, it will abide for ever; it ought to be universal and superlative; all of Christ is to be loved, and he is to be loved above all: and it shows itself in a value for his Gospel, and the truths of it; in an esteem of his ordinances, and a regard to his commands; in parting with all for Christ, when called for; and in bearing all for his sake; in a well pleasedness in his company and presence, and in a concern for his absence, and in an uneasiness until he is enjoyed again: it should be fervent, and constant, and cordial, and, as here said,
in sincerity; from the heart, and with all the heart, and without hypocrisy; not in word only, but in deed and in truth; which appears when he is loved, as before observed: and the apostle wishes "grace" to all such sincere and hearty lovers of him; by which may be meant a fresh discovery of the free grace, love, and favour of God in Christ to them; and a fresh supply of grace from the fulness of it in Christ; and a larger measure of the grace of the Spirit to carry on the good work begun in them; as well as a continuation of the Gospel of the grace of God with them, and an increase of spiritual gifts. Grace may be connected with the word translated "sincerity", and be rendered "grace with incorruption": or incorruptible grace, as true grace is an incorruptible seed; or "grace with immortality": and so the apostle wishes not only for grace here, but for eternal happiness and glory hereafter; and then closes the epistle with an Amen, as a confirmation and asseveration of the truth of the doctrines contained in it, and as expressive of his earnest desire that the several petitions in it might be granted, and of his faith and confidence that they would be fulfilled.
The subscription,
written from Rome to [the] Ephesians by Tychicus, seems to be right; for that this epistle is written to the Ephesians, the inscription shows; and that it was written when the apostle was at Rome, appears from Ephesians 3:1; and that it was sent by Tychicus, seems very likely from Ephesians 6:21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Grace be, ... - note, Romans 16:20.
That love our Lord Jesus Christ - see the notes on 1 Corinthians 16:22.
In sincerity - Margin, “with incorruption.” With a pure heart; without dissembling; without hypocrisy. There could not be a more appropriate close of the Epistle than such a wish; there will be nothing more needful for us when we come to the close of life than the consciousness that we love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. To writer and reader may this be equally the inestimable consolation then! Better, far better then will be the evidence of such sincere love, than all the wealth which toil can gain, all the honors which the world can bestow - than the most splendid mansion, or the widest fame. The subscription to this Epistle, like those affixed to the other epistles, is of no authority, but in this instance there is every reason to believe that it is correct. Compare notes at the end of the Epistle to the Romans and 1 Corinthians.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ephesians 6:24. Grace be with all them — May the Divine favour, and all the benedictions flowing from it, be with all them who love our Lord Jesus Christ, who has so loved us as to give his life to redeem ours, and to save us unto life eternal.
In sincerity. — εν αφθαρσια· In incorruptibility. Those who show the genuineness of their love, by walking before him in holiness of life. Many profess to love our Lord Jesus who are corrupt in all their ways; on these the grace or favour of God cannot rest; they profess to know him, but in works deny him. Such can neither expect favour here, nor hereafter.
Amen. — This is wanting in ABFG, and some others. It is, however, more likely to be a genuine subscription here than most others of its kind. The apostle might have sealed his most earnest wish by this word, which means not so much, so be it! or may it be so! but rather implies the faithfulness of him who had given the promises, and whose prerogative it was to give effect to the prayers which his own Spirit had inspired.
The principal subscriptions to this epistle are the following: To the Ephesians. The Epistle to the Ephesians is finished. To the Ephesians, written from Rome. To the Ephesians, written from Rome by Tychicus. (This is the subscription which we have followed; and it is that of the larger number of modern MSS. and editions.) The Epistle to the Ephesians, written from Rome, and sent by Tychicus - SYRIAC. To the Ephesians. - AETHIOPIC. VULGATE, no subscription. The end of this epistle, which was written from Rome by Tychicus. Praise be to God for ever. Amen. - ARABIC. Written at Rome, and sent by Tychicus. - COPTIC. The SAHIDIC is defective. The Epistle to the Ephesians is ended, which was written at Rome by Tychicus. - Philoxenian SYRIAC.
We have had already occasion to observe that the subscriptions to the sacred books were not written by the authors themselves, but were added in a much later age, and generally by unskilful hands. They are consequently not much to be depended on, and never should be quoted as a part of the Divine oracles.
1. IT may be supposed that on the principal subject of this concluding chapter, the armour of God, I should have been much more diffuse. I answer, my constant aim is just to say enough, and no more, on any point. Whether I attain this, in general, or not, I can still say it is what I have desired. As to the Christian armour, it does not appear to me that the apostle has couched such a profusion of mystical meaning in it as to require a huge volume to explain. I believe the Ephesians did not understand it so; nor did the primitive Church of God. Men of rich imaginations may write large volumes on such subjects; but when they come to be fairly examined, they will be found not to be explanations of the text, on which they professedly treat, but immense bodies of divinity, in which the peculiar creed of the writer, both with respect to doctrine and discipline, is amply set forth. Mr. Gurnal's Christian Armour contains a great many excellences; but surely it does not require such a volume to explain the five verses of this chapter, in which the apostle speaks of the spiritual armour. The grand design of the apostle was to show that truth, righteousness, obedience to the Gospel, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, a well grounded hope of salvation, a thorough knowledge of the word of God, and a continual dependence on and application to him by prayer, were essentially necessary to every soul who desired to walk uprightly in this life, and finally to attain everlasting blessedness. This is the obvious meaning of the apostle; in this sense it was understood by the Ephesians, and by the primitive Church; we may amplify it as we please.
2. In two or three places, in the preceding notes, I have referred to a piece on a very remarkable rule relative to the Greek article, to be introduced at the end. From the labours of several learned men this subject has acquired considerable importance, and has excited no small interest among Biblical critics. The late benevolent, learned, and excellent Mr. Granville Sharp was, I believe, the first who brought this subject fairly before the public; he was followed by the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, a learned and intelligent clergyman of the Established Church.
The Rev. Dr. Middleton, late bishop of Calcutta, has presented the subject in all its force and excellence, fortified by innumerable proofs, and a great variety of critical disquisition. The principal design of these writers was to exhibit a new and substantial mode of proving the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour. Their works are before the public, and within the reach of all who are capable of judging of this mode of proof.
The piece which I now subjoin is the result of the researches of one of my literary friends, H. S. Boyd, Esq., author of Translations from Chrysostom, c., who has read the Greek writers, both sacred and profane, with peculiar attention and has collected a vast number of additional examples, both from prose and poetic writers, for the confirmation and illustration of the rule in question, and in support of the great doctrine of the Godhead of Christ.
The critical reader, who has entered into this subject, will be glad to see such a number of pointed examples brought within his reach, which at once serve the purpose both of philology and divinity. The learned author has transmitted them to me for the purpose of insertion in this place; but want of room has obliged me to omit several of his quotations.*
* Since Dr. Clarke wrote this paragraph, the Essay on the Greek Article has undergone a careful revision by the author, and several additions have been made to it, which will, it is hoped, be valuable to the critical reader. It is now introduced in a separate form from the Commentary. - THE PUBLISHERS
I would not wish the reader to suppose that these are the only proofs of the grand doctrine of the Godhead of Christ; they are not: the Holy Scripture, in its plain, obvious meaning, independently of such criticism, affords the most luminous and convincing proofs of the doctrine in question; but this is no sufficient reason that we should reject any additional light which may come to us in the way of Divine Providence.
Finished the correction for a new edition, Dec. 15th, 1831.
