With a holy kiss (εν αγιω φιληματ). In the Jewish synagogues where the sexes were separated, men kissed men, the women, women. Thi…

Greet. Salute. See Barnes, Romans 16:3.

With an holy kiss. See Barnes, Romans 16:16.

Greet one another with an holy kiss.—The tense of the Greek verb indicates that the Apostle is giving directions, not for a normal and, as…

Evidently the early church invested the kiss, a common form of salutation in the Orient, with a special and sacred significance (cf.[Reference Roma…

Greet one another with an holy kiss.
] (See Gill on Romans 16:16).

Here are several good exhortations. God is the Author of peace and Lover of concord; he has loved us, and is willing to be at peace with us. And le…

Having rebuked those deceived by false apostles, the Apostle now comforts those who have persisted in his faith and doctrine. He first gives an adm…