Ephesians 6:23
in Ephesians 6Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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ASV
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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This verse in Ephesians 6
Commentary
14 notes on this verseThere are many gifts bestowed by God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, but of all these peace has a crucial place. This peace passes all understanding. It preserves the body and mind of the saints. It is a certain serenity and tranquillity of a mind at rest. It is protected from the universal storm and maelstrom of perturbations. So also is "love with faith," which at the same time is given to us by God the Father and the Holy Spirit, so that we may love God from the whole heart and our neighbor as ourselves.
This site's exposition
Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant
on Ephesians 6:21-24
Tychicus of Asia (Acts 20:4), the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, carries the letter and the news Paul leaves off the page. Colossians names the same courier in nearly the same words, one of the links binding the prison letters together.
This site's exposition
love with faith from God the Father
Love with faith, for Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, assumes faith already present and asks that love go with it, as in Galatians 5:6. Clarke finds it strange that a letter to a church Paul knew well names no one, which bears on the question of its first readers.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
"Peace be to the brethren and love with faith from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ." He invokes upon them, "peace and love with faith." He saith well: for he would not that they should have regard to love by itself, and mingle themselves with those of a different faith. Either he means this, or that above described, namely, that they should have faith also, so as to have a cheerful confidence of the good things to come. The "peace" which is towards God, and the "love." And if there be peace, there will also be love; if love, there will be peace also. "With faith," because without faith, love amounts to nothing; or rather love could not exist at all without it.
He prays for peace, which is the door of love, to be with the family of God. Having come into this family through the peacemaking of God, he prays that they may abide in the love that comes from faith. For this faith is the …
A commentator
Gaius Marius VictorinusEPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 2.6.23-24 · Written before 370.
proposed
The last part of the letter is a petition. His prayer and desire is for peace to the brethren, also love and then faith. For above he has already noted that there was discord among them. Now he adds thanks to those who display faith …
The Medieval Church2 voices
Next, when he says Peace be to the brethren the Apostle writes his usual greeting. And notice that although the bestowal of grace precedes peace and the mutual love of men among themselves and with God since "there is no peace to the wicked, saith …
He asks for them peace and love with faith. And this means the following: either that they should love not those of other beliefs, but only the faithful, or that they must also have faith in order to have hope concerning the future. For without …
6 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It is the undoubted character of all the saints that they love our Lord Jesus Christ. Our love to Christ is not acceptable, unless it be in sincerity: indeed there is no such thing as love to Christ, whatever men may pretend, where there is not sincerity.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 Mat 10:13 note; Luk 24:36 note; Rom 15:33 note; compare Gal 6:16; 1Pe 5:14; 3Jn 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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
love with faith--Faith is presupposed as theirs; he prays that love may accompany it (Ga 5:6).
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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.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εἰρήνη | eirene | Peace | G1515 → | 91 times |
| τοῖς | tois | to the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀδελφοῖς | adelphois | brothers | G80 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀγάπη | agape | love | G26 → | 114 times |
| μετὰ | meta | with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| πίστεως | pisteos | faith | G4102 → | 242 times |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| θεοῦ | theou | God | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| πατρὸς | patros | [the] Father | G3962 → | 410 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | [the] Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| Χριστοῦ.¶ | christou | Christ. | G5547 → | 523 times |
εἰρήνηPeace
eireneG1515 →91 times
τοῖςto the
toisG3588 →19766 times
ἀδελφοῖςbrothers
adelphoisG80 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀγάπηlove
agapeG26 →114 times
μετὰwith
metaG3326 →461 times
πίστεωςfaith
pisteosG4102 →242 times
ἀπὸfrom
apoG575 →640 times
θεοῦGod
theouG2316 →1312 times
πατρὸς[the] Father
patrosG3962 →410 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
κυρίου[the] Lord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
Χριστοῦ.¶Christ.
christouG5547 →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
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
it leads to
- Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- 1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Galatians 6:15
Through
1 Timothy 1:14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:13
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 1:7–8
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- 2 Timothy 1:13
Through
Galatians 6:16Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.
it leads to
- Galatians 3:29
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Romans 9:6–8
It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
- Philippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- Galatians 3:29
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About Ephesians
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 6.23; Gaius Marius Victorinus, EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 2.6.23-24; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ephesians 6:23; John Chrysostom, Homily on Ephesians 24; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Ephesians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Ephesians.