1 Corinthians 16:23
in 1 Corinthians 16The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
KJV
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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This verse in 1 Corinthians 16
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThe duty of a teacher is not only to persuade, but also to pray, and thus to confirm in a twofold manner: by teaching and by drawing down help from above through his prayers.
This site's exposition
If anyone does not love
on 1 Corinthians 16:22-24
The last warning, in Paul's hand, pairs anathema with an Aramaic prayer, Come, O Lord. Read as marana tha it is the oldest recorded Christian prayer, echoed in Revelation 22:20.
This site's exposition
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you
The letter opened with grace at 1:3 and gave thanks for grace at 1:4. Every letter of Paul closes with a blessing of grace. After sixteen chapters of correction, the last gift named is the Lord's favour.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." This is like a teacher, to help not only with advice, but also with prayers.
A commentator
Theodoret of CyrusCOMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 285 · Written before 458.
proposed
It was Paul's usual custom to pray that the grace of Christ would be with those to whom he is writing.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Finally, he blesses the good ones, wishing them well, namely, the grace of Christ, when he says: the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. And wishing this, he wishes them every good, because in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is contained …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. This is the apostle's salutation in all his epistles, and is a token of the truth and genuineness of them; See Gill on Rom 16:20; and is a wish for a supply of all grace from Christ, and an increase of it in the saints; that they may have the communications of it to them, to quicken, invigorate, and draw forth into exercise the grace they have received, and to enable and assist them in the discharge of every duty.
Nay, we may give them this warning that they may prize and lay hold of this grace. Note also, How much true Christianity enlarges our hearts; it makes us wish those whom we love the blessings of both worlds; for this is implied in wishing the grace of Christ to be with them. And therefore it is no wonder that the apostle should close all, 2.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The grace of our Lord Jesus - May the favor, influence, mercy, and salvation procured by Jesus Christ, be with you - prevail among you, rule in you, and be exhibited by you, in your life and conversation! Amen.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The grace ... - See the note at Rom 16:20.
The words behind it
7 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ἡ | he | The | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χάρις | charis | grace | G5485 → | 153 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| μεθ᾽ | meth᾽ | [be] with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| ὑμῶν. | humon | you. | G4771 → | 2973 times |
ἩThe
heG3588 →19766 times
χάριςgrace
charisG5485 →153 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κυρίουLord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
μεθ᾽[be] with
meth᾽G3326 →461 times
ὑμῶν.you.
humonG4771 →2973 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
it leads to
- Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- 1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the…
- Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 10:5
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Luke 10:19
Through
Romans 16:23Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
- Acts 19:22
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
- 2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
- 1 Corinthians 1:14
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Corinthians
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians; John Chrysostom, Homilies on First Corinthians; John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Corinthians 44; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 285; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 1 Corinthians.