2 Timothy 4:22
in 2 Timothy 4The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
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ASV
The Lord be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.
KJV
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.
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This verse in 2 Timothy 4
Commentary
11 notes on this verseThe Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit,.... To counsel and advise in every difficult matter; to comfort under every distress; to supply with all grace in every time of need; and to strengthen and fit for every part and branch of duty. Grace be with you, Amen: which is the apostle's common salutation in all epistles. The Syriac version renders it, "grace be with thee"; but the Greek copies read in the plural, "with you"; which shows that the epistle was designed for the use of the whole church, as well as of Timothy.
This site's exposition
Greet Prisca and Aquila
on 2 Timothy 4:19-22
The last greetings are history, Prisca and Aquila, the tentmaking couple of Corinth and Ephesus, and the household of Onesiphorus, as at 1:16. Trophimus I left sick in Miletus records a companion left ill without embarrassment.
This site's exposition
The Lord be with your spirit
The first blessing is for Timothy alone and the second is plural, as Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note from the oldest manuscripts. Adam Clarke reads the first line as a prayer to Christ. Albert Barnes adds that the subscription printed after this verse in older Bibles was a later addition.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with us all. Amen. The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. The help is twofold, that of Christ and that of the Holy Spirit, as if Paul were saying, With the coming of the …
"The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit." There can be no better prayer than this. Grieve not for my departure. The Lord will be with thee. And he says, not "with thee," but "with thy spirit." Thus there is a twofold assistance, the grace of the Spirit, and God helping it. And otherwise God will not be with us, if we have not spiritual grace. For if we be deserted by grace, how shall He be with us? "Grace be with us. Amen." Thus he prays for himself too, that they may always be well-pleasing to Him, that they may have grace together with the spiritual gift, for where this is, nothing will be grievous. For as he who beholds the king, and is in favor with him, is sensible of no uneasiness; so though our friends forsake us, though we be overtaken by calamity, we shall feel no distress, if that grace be with us and fortify us.
The Medieval Church2 voices
Finally, according to custom, lest the letter be falsified, he signs it with his own hand. "Grace be with you. Amen."
Do not grieve, he says, that I am far from you; the Lord is with you. And he did not say: with you, but: "with your spirit." A twofold help: from the grace of the Spirit and from God, who assists it. And in another …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And if grace be with us here to convert and change us, to make us holy, to keep us humble, and to enable us to persevere to the end, glory will crown us hereafter: for the Lord is a sun, and a shield; the Lord will give grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee, Ps. lxxxiv.
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit - This is a prayer addressed to Christ by one of the most eminent of his apostles; another proof of the untruth of the assertion, that prayer is never offered to Christ in the New Testament. He prays that Christ may be with his spirit, enlightening, strengthening, and confirming it to the end. Grace be with you - These words show that the epistle was addressed to the whole Church, and that it is not to be considered of a private nature. Amen - Omitted by ACFG and some others.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Grace be with you--plural in oldest manuscripts, "with YOU," that is, thee and the members of the Ephesian and neighboring churches.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit; - see Gal 6:18; Rom 15:20. The subscription to this Epistle was not added by Paul himself, nor is there any evidence that it was by an inspired man, and it is of no authority. There is not the slightest evidence that Timothy was “ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians,” or that he was a “bishop” there at all. There is no reason to believe that he was even a “pastor” there, in the technical sense; see the notes on 1Ti 1:3. Compare the remarks on the subscriptions to the Epistle to the Romans, 1 Corinthians, and especially Titus.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁ | ho | The | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κύριος | kurios | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| μετὰ | meta | [be] with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πνεύματός | pneumatos | spirit | G4151 → | 378 times |
| σου. | sou | of you. | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἡ | he | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χάρις | charis | Grace [be] | G5485 → | 153 times |
| μεθ᾽ | meth᾽ | with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| ὑμῶν | humon | you all | G4771 → | 2973 times |
ὉThe
hoG3588 →19766 times
κύριοςLord
kuriosG2962 →711 times
μετὰ[be] with
metaG3326 →461 times
τοῦthe
touG3588 →19766 times
πνεύματόςspirit
pneumatosG4151 →378 times
σου.of you.
souG4771 →2973 times
ἡ<the>
heG3588 →19766 times
χάριςGrace [be]
charisG5485 →153 times
μεθ᾽with
meth᾽G3326 →461 times
ὑμῶνyou all
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 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
- 2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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:
- Ephesians 1:2
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14
Through
Galatians 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
it leads to
- Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 16:20
Through
1 Peter 5:14Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
it leads to
- Romans 16:16
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
- Ephesians 6:23
Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 16:16
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Timothy
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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); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on 2 Timothy 10; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, COMMENTARY ON 2 TIMOTHY; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 2 Timothy and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 2 Timothy.