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King James Version

1 Thessalonians 5:26

Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Kiss;   Thompson Chain Reference - Daily Duty;   Duty;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Brother;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Kiss;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Greeting;   Kiss;   1 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Tertius;   Thessalonians, First Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Baptism;   Fellowship;   Salutations;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kiss;   Salutation;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kiss;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Kiss;   Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 14;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.
King James Version (1611)
Greete all the brethren with an holy kisse.
English Standard Version
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
New American Standard Bible
Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.
New Century Version
Give each other a holy kiss when you meet.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Legacy Standard Bible
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Berean Standard Bible
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Contemporary English Version
Give the Lord's followers a warm greeting.
Complete Jewish Bible
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Darby Translation
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Easy-to-Read Version
Give all the brothers and sisters the special greeting of God's people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Greete all the brethren with an holy kisse.
George Lamsa Translation
Salute all our brethren with a holy kiss.
Good News Translation
Greet all the believers with the kiss of peace.
Lexham English Bible
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Literal Translation
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Amplified Bible
Greet all the believers with a holy kiss [as brothers and sisters in God's family].
American Standard Version
Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Bible in Basic English
Give all the brothers a holy kiss.
Hebrew Names Version
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
International Standard Version
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.Romans 16:16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Ask the peace of all our brethren, with the holy kiss.
Murdock Translation
Salute all our brethren with a holy kiss.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Greete all the brethren in an holy kysse.
English Revised Version
Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
World English Bible
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Salute all the brethren with an holy kiss.
Weymouth's New Testament
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Grete ye wel alle britheren in hooli cos.
Update Bible Version
Salute all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Webster's Bible Translation
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
New English Translation
Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.
New King James Version
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
New Living Translation
Greet all the brothers and sisters with a sacred kiss.
New Life Bible
Greet all the Christians with a kiss of holy love.
New Revised Standard
Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Revised Standard Version
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Grete all the brethren with an holy kysse.
Young's Literal Translation
salute all the brethren in an holy kiss;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Grete all the brethre with an holy kysse.
Mace New Testament (1729)
salute all the brethren with an holy kiss.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Greet every one of God's cowboys with a hearty handshake.

Contextual Overview

23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:1 - kissed him 2 Samuel 19:39 - kissed Barzillai Matthew 26:49 - kissed him Luke 7:45 - gavest Acts 20:1 - embraced Acts 20:37 - kissed 2 Corinthians 13:12 - General 1 Peter 5:14 - with a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. In opposition, to an unchaste and hypocritical one. His meaning is, that they would salute the members of the church in his name, and give his Christian love and affections to them. And his view is to recommend to them brotherly love to each other, and to stir them up to the mutual exercise of it more and more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss - see the notes on Romans 16:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. Greet all the brethrenRomans 16:16; Romans 16:16. Instead of all the brethren, the Coptic has, greet one another; a reading not noticed by either Griesbach or Wetstein.


 
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