(22) And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. (23) Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. (24) Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. (25) Grace be with you all. Amen.
The salutations to the brethren I pass over to observe the blessed conclusion at the end. Grace be with you all. Amen. What could Paul say beyond this? And with what form of prayer could he as well close his Epistle? The close of all the dispensations among men, is to be thus, when God shall bring home the last stone of the spiritual building, it will be with shoutings, of grace, grace unto it, Zechariah 4:7. And both the Old Testament building, and the New, are but one and the same. Christ is the foundation stone God hath laid in Zion, for the whole Church. And therefore, Paul, and every faithful Minister of the Sanctuary, like Paul, can say no more; neither close their ministry, or their life, in any manner more suitable, or proper for the Church of Jesus, than in the same sweet prayer Grace be with you all. Amen. And may the faithful, and true Witness, Christ Jesus, who is the Amen, put his precious name to it Amen; and then grace will indeed be with all his people. Amen.