Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ver. 23. Peace be to the brethren] These only be the children of peace, Luke 10:10. The wicked are like the troubled sea, Isaiah 57:20, which may seem sometimes still, but is never so; no more are they. The peace of prosperity they may have, but not of tranquillity. Sinceritas serenitatis mater. Hence it followeth,