Philemon 1:25
in Philemon 1The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
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ASV
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
KJV
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.
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This verse in Philemon 1
Commentary
11 notes on this verse"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit." As the people of Israel are numbered according to their tribes (Num. 1:2) from the better part of the head of man, so indeed in the whole man, and in every part of the saints, there is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. But from the greater and better part, that is, from the spirit, it is said by synecdoche for the whole man: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit."
This site's exposition
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus
on Philemon 1:23-25
The greetings name the Colossian circle: Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, then Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke. They also send greetings at Colossians 4:10 to 14. Colossians 4:9 sends Onesimus with that letter.
This site's exposition
with your spirit
The your is plural, so the last blessing of grace reaches the whole church in the house of Philemon, as Adam Clarke notes. The letter opened with grace in verse 3 and closes with it. Chrysostom reads the close as a prayer the church must live up to.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen." He hath closed his Epistle with a prayer. And indeed prayer is a great good, salutary, and preservative of our souls. But it is great when we do things worthy of it, and do not render ourselves unworthy. And thou too, therefore, when thou goest to the priest, and he shall say to thee, "The Lord will have mercy on thee, my son," do not confide in the word only, but add also works. Do acts worthy of mercy, God will bless thee, my son, if indeed thou doest things worthy of blessing. He will bless thee, if thou showest mercy to thy neighbor. For the things which we wish to obtain from God, of those we ought first to impart to our neighbors. But if we deprive our neighbors of them, how can we wish to obtain them? "Blessed," He says, "are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." For if men show mercy to such, much more will God, but to the unmerciful by no means. "For he shall have judgment without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy."
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, amen. This is the subscription of the Apostle confirming the sent letter.
The Medieval Church2 voices
This is, the Lord who grants the grace, not me. It was written to Philemon from Rome.
His own greeting here is the same one that ends the second letter to Timothy.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He was anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows, Ps. xlv. This Lord Jesus Christ is ours by original title to us, by gospel offers and gift, his purchase of us, and our own acceptance of him, resignation to him, and mystical union with him: Our Lord Jesus Christ. Observe, All grace to us is from Christ; he purchased, and he bestows it.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ ... - Notes, 2Ti 4:22. The subscription to the Epistle is of no authority, but in this case is undoubtedly correct. Compare the remarks at the close of 1 Corinthians, and Titus. Remarks On Philemon Having now passed through with the exposition of this Epistle, it may be proper to copy, for comparison with it, one of the most beautiful specimens of epistolary composition to be found in profane literature, an epistle of Pliny, written on a similar occasion, and having a strong resemblance to this.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit - By using the plural, ὑμων, your, the apostle in effect directs or addresses the epistle, not only to Philemon, but to all the Church at his house. Amen - Is wanting as usual in the best MSS. The subscriptions are also various, as in preceding cases. Versions: The Epistle to Philemon was written at Rome, and sent by the hand of Onesimus. - Syriac. Through the help of God the epistle is finished. It was written at Rome by the hand of Onesimus, servant to Philemon. - Arabic. To the man Philemon. - Aethiopic. It was written at Rome, and sent by Onesimus. - Coptic. Vulgate, nothing. The Epistle to Philemon, Apphia, and Archippus: the end of the Epistle to Philemon and Apphia, the master and mistress of Onesimus; and to Archippus, the deacon of the Church at Colosse: it was written from Rome by Onesimus, a servant. - Philoxesian Syriac. Manuscripts: To Philemon. - To Philemon is finished. - To Philemon, written from Rome by Onesimus - Onesiphorus. - From Paul, by Onesimus, a servant. - From the presence of Paul and Timothy. - The Epistle of Paul the apostle to Philemon. - The common Greek text has, To Philemon, written from Rome by Onesimus, a servant. As some have thought it strange that a private letter, of a particular business and friendship, should have got a place in the sacred canon, others have been industrious to find out the general uses which may be made of it. The following are those which seem to come most naturally from the text: - 1. In a religious point of view, all genuine Christian converts are on a level; Onesimus, the slave, on his conversion becomes the apostle’s beloved son, and Philemon’s brother. 2. Christianity makes no change in men’s civil affairs; even a slave did not become a freeman by Christian baptism. 3. […]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἡ | he | The | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χάρις | charis | grace | G5485 → | |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| Χριστοῦ | christou | Christ | G5547 → | 523 times |
| μετὰ | meta | [be] with | G3326 → | |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πνεύματος | pneumatos | spirit | G4151 → | |
| ὑμῶν. | humon | of you. | G4771 → | 2973 times |
ἡThe
heG3588 →19766 times
χάριςgrace
charisG5485 →
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κυρίουLord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
ΧριστοῦChrist
christouG5547 →523 times
μετὰ[be] with
metaG3326 →
τοῦthe
touG3588 →19766 times
πνεύματοςspirit
pneumatosG4151 →
ὑμῶν.of 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
2 Timothy 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
it leads to
- Revelation 22:21
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 22:21
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
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
- Acts 19:22
Where this verse is studied
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About Philemon
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); Ambrosiaster, Commentary on Philemon; J. B. Lightfoot, Saint Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Philemon; John Chrysostom, Homily on Philemon 3; John Damascene, Commentary (church-history corpus); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Philemon.