1 Corinthians 16:20
All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
BSB
ASV
All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.
KJV
All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
On Prayer (220)
But when is peace more to be concluded with brethren than when, at the time of some religious observance, our prayer ascends with more acceptability; that they may themselves participate in our observance, and thereby be mollified for transacting with their brother touching. their own peace? What prayer is complete if divorced from the "holy kiss? " Whom does peace impede when rendering service to his Lord? What kind of sacrifice is that from which men depart without peace?
All the brethren greet you,.... Either the brethren, the members of the church at Ephesus; or the apostle's brethren in the ministry, that were along with him, as Sosthenes and others; or the brethren that were come to him from Corinth, namely Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus: greet ye one another with an holy kiss; See Gill on Rom 16:16.
With a holy kiss - The ancient patriarchs, and the Jews in general, were accustomed to kiss each other whenever they met; and this was a token of friendship and peace with them, as shaking of hands is with us. The primitive Christians naturally followed this example of the Jews. See the note on Rom 16:16.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:26Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
leads to
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
leads to
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
Through
1 Peter 5:14Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
leads to
Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
