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Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Love and faith (αγαπη μετα πιστεως). Love of the brotherhood accompanied by faith in Christ and as an expression of it.

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Peace be to the brethren. The epistle is closed with the usual salutations. The expression, "peace to you," was the common form o…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Peace be to the brethren...—In the conclusion of the Epistle, as at the beginning, St. Paul gives the double benediction,…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

I am sure that we can heartily repeat that benediction: May the Lord send much of His grace to all His people, in every part of the earth, who love…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Ephesians finishes with a truly apostolic benediction, but one different in form from others in Paul’s writings. Couched in the third person, not i…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Peace be to the brethren. I consider the word peace, as in the salutations of the Epistles, to mean prosperity. Yet if t…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Peace [be] to the brethren
The members of the church at Ephesus, who stood in a spiritual relation to each other; me…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The gospel was a mystery until it was made known by divine revelation, and it is the work of Christ's ministers to declare it. The best and most em…

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