The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ All the blessed tokens and effects of his favour; be with you And rest upon you for time and eternity! My love My most sincere, tender, and affectionate regards; be with you all in Christ Jesus Who is our peace, and the bond of our union with God and one another. There is a great propriety and beauty in this manner of ending an epistle, in which the apostle had so sharply reproved the Corinthians. By assuring them of his love, he showed them that all the severe things he had written proceeded from his anxiety for their eternal welfare, and thereby removed the prejudices which his reproofs might otherwise have raised in their minds. Amen An expression which I add in testimony of my sincerity and seriousness in this and in all the things I have written.
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1 Corinthians 16:23-24
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. [The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus.]