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New King James Version

Ephesians 6:23

Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faith;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Peace;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - God, Names of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Image;   Love, Brotherly;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bless;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Benediction;   Ephesians, Book of;   Greeting;   Letter Form and Function;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Tertius;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Benediction ;   Brotherly Love;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Love;   Peace;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ephesians, Epistle to the;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Legacy Standard Bible
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Ride in peace, pards. Take the love and faith God offers us through Christ Jesus.
Bible in Basic English
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Darby Translation
Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God [the] Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
Christian Standard Bible®
Peace to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
World English Bible
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Weymouth's New Testament
Peace be to the brethren, and love combined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
King James Version (1611)
Peace be to the brethren, and loue, with faith from God the Father, and the Lord Iesus Christ.
Literal Translation
Peace to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Peace be vnto the brethre, and loue with faith, from God the father, & from the LORDE Iesu Christ.
Mace New Testament (1729)
may our brethren have peace, social affection, and faith from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
THE MESSAGE
Good-bye, friends. Love mixed with faith be yours from God the Father and from the Master, Jesus Christ. Pure grace and nothing but grace be with all who love our Master, Jesus Christ.
Amplified Bible
Peace be to the brothers and sisters, and love joined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Revised Standard Version
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Peace be with the brethren and love with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesu Christ.
Update Bible Version
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Webster's Bible Translation
Peace [be] to the brethren, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Young's Literal Translation
Peace to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
New Century Version
Peace and love with faith to you brothers and sisters from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
New English Translation
Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Berean Standard Bible
Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Contemporary English Version
I pray that God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will give peace, love, and faith to every follower!
Complete Jewish Bible
Shalom to the brothers. May God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah give you love and trust.
English Standard Version
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Peace be with the brethren, and loue with faith from God the Father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
George Lamsa Translation
Peace be to our brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ.
Hebrew Names Version
Shalom be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
International Standard Version
May the brothers have peace and love, with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!1 Peter 5:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Peace be with the brethren, and love with faith from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
Murdock Translation
Peace be with the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
New Living Translation
Peace be with you, dear brothers and sisters, and may God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you love with faithfulness.
New Life Bible
May all the Christian brothers have peace and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
English Revised Version
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
New Revised Standard
Peace be to the whole community, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Peace unto the brethren, and love with faith, - from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Peace be to the brethren and charity with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
King James Version
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Lexham English Bible
Peace to the brothers and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Peace [be] vnto the brethren, and loue, with fayth, from God the father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christe.
Easy-to-Read Version
I pray that God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will give peace and love with faith to all the brothers and sisters there.
New American Standard Bible
Peace be to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Good News Translation
May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give to all Christians peace and love with faith.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Pees to britheren, and charite, with feith of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist.

Contextual Overview

19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 21 But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you; 22 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts. 23 Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Peace: Romans 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:3, Genesis 43:23, 1 Samuel 25:6, Psalms 122:6-9, John 14:27, Galatians 6:16, 1 Peter 5:14, Revelation 1:4

and love: Galatians 5:6, 1 Timothy 1:3, 1 Timothy 5:8, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Timothy 1:14, Philemon 1:5-7

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:26 - give thee 1 Chronicles 12:18 - peace Jeremiah 33:6 - and will John 20:19 - Peace 2 Corinthians 1:2 - General 2 Corinthians 13:14 - the love Ephesians 4:6 - God Titus 3:15 - love 3 John 1:14 - Peace Revelation 22:21 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Peace [be] to the brethren,.... The members of the church at Ephesus, who stood in a spiritual relation to each other; meaning all prosperity outward and inward, temporal, spiritual, and eternal; especially peace of conscience under the sprinklings of the blood of Christ, and a view of peace made with God by that blood:

and love with faith from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ; that is, an increase of these graces, and of the exercise of them, is wished for; for otherwise these brethren had both these graces, faith and love; see Ephesians 1:15; which go together; faith works by love, and love discovers faith, and both are imperfect; faith has something lacking in it, and love is apt to grow cold, and need reviving and increasing; and these, and the increase of them, are from God the Father, who is the God of all grace, and from Jesus Christ, in whom all fulness of grace is; and these things are equally desired from the one as from the other, and shows a plurality of persons in the Godhead, and the equality of Christ with the Father; and such a wish expresses the apostle's great love and affection for the brethren, and points out the things they stand in need of; and which, being asked for such, might be expected to be enjoyed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Peace be to the brethren - The Epistle is closed with the usual salutations. The expression “peace to you,” was the common form of salutation in the East (see the Matthew 10:13 note; Luke 24:36 note; Romans 15:33 note; compare Galatians 6:16; 1 Peter 5:14; 3 John 1:14), and is still the “salam” which is used - the word “salam” meaning “peace.”

And love with faith - Love united with faith; not only desiring that they might have faith, but the faith which worked by love.

From God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ - The Father and the Son are regarded as equally the author of peace and love; compare notes on 2 Corinthians 13:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. Peace be to the brethren — If the epistle were really sent to the Ephesians, a people with whom the apostle was so intimately acquainted, it is strange that he mentions no person by name. This objection, on which Dr. Paley lays great stress, (see the preface to this epistle,) has not been successfully answered.

Peace — All prosperity, and continual union with God and among yourselves; and love to God and man, the principle of all obedience and union; with faith, continually increasing, and growing stronger and stronger, from God the Father, as the fountain of all our mercies, and the Lord Jesus Christ, through whose sacrifice and mediation they all come.


 
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