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A Sign of Reconciliation
Commentators explain that the 'holy kiss' was more than a simple greeting. For the divided Corinthian church, it was a powerful, physical sign of mutual forgiveness and restored fellowship. One scholar suggests the Greek implies a single, decisive act of reconciliation to be done upon hearing the letter, symbolizing that all offenses were forgotten.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 13:12
18th Century
Theologian
Greet. Salute. See Barnes, Romans 16:3.
With an holy kiss. See Barnes, Romans 16:16.
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 13:12
With a holy kiss (εν αγιω φιληματ). In the Jewish synagogues where the sexes were separated, men kissed men, the women, women. Thi…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 13:12
19th Century
Bishop
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…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 13:12
Evidently the early church invested the kiss, a common form of salutation in the Orient, with a special and sacred significance (cf.[Reference Roma…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 13:12
17th Century
Pastor
Greet one another with an holy kiss.
] (See Gill on Romans 16:16).
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 13:11–14
17th Century
Minister
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…