Philemon 1:3
in Philemon 1Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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ASV
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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This verse in Philemon 1
Commentary
11 notes on this verseBut the expression, "Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ," is still written to many by two, and in almost all the Epistles, its beginning is the same, so that grace and peace may be invoked upon them from God the Father and Christ the Lord. From which it is shown that there is one nature of the Son and the Father, since the Son can do what the Father can, and it is said that the Father can do what the Son can.
This site's exposition
a prisoner of Christ Jesus
on Philemon 1:1-3
Paul opens as a prisoner of Christ Jesus and omits the title apostle. This letter asks rather than commands. The greeting takes in Archippus, charged at Colossians 4:17, and the church that meets at your house, so the whole assembly hears the appeal.
This site's exposition
Grace and peace
Chrysostom hears in the word grace a reminder of how much God had already forgiven Philemon. A forgiven man is about to be asked to forgive. The greeting prepares the ground for the request about Onesimus.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
The grace of God, by which our sins are forgiven, is the condition of our being reconciled to Him, whereas peace is that wherein we are reconciled.
The benefit of both the Father and the Son reveals the upliftment of the human race. It does not indicate a lesser Son when it calls him our Lord, nor a greater Father when it calls him our God. Because the Father will not be …
"Grace to you". How then will the grace of God be with you? If you also forgive those who owe you. How then is peace? If you are reconciled to the servant.
"Grace to you, and peace." By mentioning "grace," he brings his own sins to his remembrance. Consider, he says, how great things God has pardoned in thee, how by grace thou art saved. Imitate thy Lord. And he prays for "peace" to him; and naturally: for it comes then when we imitate Him, then grace abides. Since even that servant who was unmerciful to his fellow-servants, until he demanded the hundred pence, had the grace of his master abiding on him. But when he made that demand, it was taken from him, and he was delivered to the tormentors.
The Medieval Church1 voice
In what way will the grace of God be with us? If we too forgive our debtors. And in what way will there be peace? If you too are reconciled with your servant.
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Grace to you and peace, from God,.... Which is the same form of salutation used in the other epistles; See Gill on Rom 1:7 for though this epistle is but a very small one, yet it is introduced in the same form as the larger epistles are; and has an inscription in the former verse, a salutation in this, and a preface in the three following.
From God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit also is understood, though not named; for all acts towards the creatures of the whole Trinity: from the Father, who is our Father in Christ, the first in order of acting as of subsisting; and from Christ, his favour and good-will as God, and the fruits of it through him as Mediator, God-man.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Grace to you, and peace ... - See if the notes at Rom 1:7.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| χάρις | charis | Grace | G5485 → | |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| εἰρήνη | eirene | peace | G1515 → | |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → | |
| θεοῦ | theou | God | G2316 → | |
| πατρὸς | patros | Father | G3962 → | |
| ἡμῶν | hemon | of us | G3165 → | 1936 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 |
χάριςGrace
charisG5485 →
ὑμῖνto you
huminG4771 →2973 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
εἰρήνηpeace
eireneG1515 →
ἀπὸfrom
apoG575 →
θεοῦGod
theouG2316 →
πατρὸςFather
patrosG3962 →
ἡμῶνof us
hemonG3165 →1936 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
2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:22
And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
- Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
- 1 Corinthians 16:23
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
- Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Jude 1:21
keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
- Ephesians 2:22
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:
- Ephesians 1:2
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 1:2
Where this verse is studied
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About Philemon
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, Commentary on Galatians; Augustine of Hippo, Commentary (church-history corpus); J. B. Lightfoot, Saint Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon; Jerome, Commentary on Philemon; John Chrysostom, Homily on Philemon 1; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, COMMENTARY ON PHILEMON and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Philemon.