1 Peter 5:14
in 1 Peter 5Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are in Christ.
KJV
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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This verse in 1 Peter 5
Commentary
14 notes on this verseBut 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?
This site's exposition
a faithful brother
on 1 Peter 5:12-14
Silvanus, the Silas of Acts, brings the letter, whose purpose is testifying that this is the true grace of God. The church in Babylon is read as Rome under a cover name, most since the fathers, or as Babylon on the Euphrates.
This site's exposition
a kiss of love
Paul calls the same greeting a holy kiss in Romans 16:16, and Theophylact reads the two greetings as one. The kiss of love marks the love of those in Christ for one another. The letter ends with peace to all of them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
A commentator
Ignatius of AntiochEpistle of Pseudo-Ignatius to the Tarsians · Written before 108.
proposed
May I enjoy your prayers! Pray ye that may attain to Jesus. I commend unto you the Church which is at Antioch. The Churches of Philippi, whence also I write to you, salute you. Philo, your deacon, to whom also I give thanks as one who has zealously ministered to me in all things, salutes you. Agathopus, the deacon from Syria, who follows me in Christ, salutes you. "Salute ye one another with a holy kiss." I salute you all, both male and female, who are in Christ. Fare ye well in body, and soul, and in one Spirit; and do not ye forget me. The Lord be with you!
See how when he has finished what he has to say, Peter seals it all with a prayer. Peace is the seal of everything he has written.
However, when Paul writes that they should greet each other with a holy kiss (2 Cor. 14:12), Peter says here, "With a kiss of love," saying the same as that. For Paul (1 Cor. 13:1-19) knows the love which is according to Christ and is …
The Medieval Church2 voices
Whereas Paul writes (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20) that believers should greet one another "with a holy kiss," Peter says: greet one another "with a kiss of love." But the thought of both is one and the same. Paul knows that love in the Lord …
He speaks not of the ordinary, human peace, but wishes them to receive that peace which Christ bestowed upon them when He was departing to His sufferings, saying: "Peace I leave with you," and noting the distinction: "not as the world gives" (Jn. 14:27). For …
6 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church1 voice
Greet one another with a holy kiss. With a holy kiss, a true kiss, a peaceful kiss, a dove-like kiss, not deceitful, not polluted, like the one Joab used to kill Amasa, like the one Judas used to betray the Savior, like those who speak …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), according to the common custom of those times and countries, and so concludes with a benediction, which he confines to those that are in Christ Jesus, united to him by faith and sound members of his mystical body.
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Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity - See the notes on Rom 16:16, and on 1Co 16:20 (note). In the above places the kiss is called a holy kiss; here, φιληματι αγαπης, a kiss of Love; i.e. as a mark of their love to each other, in order that misunderstandings might be prevented. But ten or twelve MSS., with the Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, and Vulgate, have ἁγιῳ, holy; salute one another with a Holy kiss. The difference is not great.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
kiss of charity-- Ro 16:16, "an holy kiss": the token of love to God and the brethren. Love and holiness are inseparable. Compare the instance, Ac 20:37.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity - A kiss of love; a common method of affectionate salutation in the times of the apostles. See the notes at Rom 16:16. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus - That are true Christians. See the Eph 6:23 note; Php 4:7 note.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀσπάσασθε | aspasasthe | do greet | G782 → | |
| ἀλλήλους | allelous | one another | G240 → | 100 times |
| ἐν | en | with | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| φιλήματι | philemati | a kiss | G5370 → | |
| ἀγάπης. | agapes | of love. | G26 → | 114 times |
| εἰρήνη | eirene | Peace [be] | G1515 → | 91 times |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| πᾶσιν | pasin | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| τοῖς | tois | who [are] | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| Χριστῷ | christo | Christ | G5547 → | 523 times |
ἀσπάσασθεdo greet
aspasastheG782 →
ἀλλήλουςone another
allelousG240 →100 times
ἐνwith
enG1722 →2738 times
φιλήματιa kiss
philematiG5370 →
ἀγάπης.of love.
agapesG26 →114 times
εἰρήνηPeace [be]
eireneG1515 →91 times
ὑμῖνto you
huminG4771 →2973 times
πᾶσινall
pasinG3956 →1235 times
τοῖςwho [are]
toisG3588 →19766 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ΧριστῷChrist
christoG5547 →523 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 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
it leads to
- John 3:18–19
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- John 3:18–19
Through
Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:26
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:26
Through
Romans 1:7To 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.
it leads to
- Colossians 1:2
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
- Jude 1:1–2
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
- Colossians 1:2
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Peter
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles; Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle of Pseudo-Ignatius to the Tarsians; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, CATENA; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on 1 Peter; Tertullian, On Prayer and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 Peter.