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Verse	Translation	Text
2Co 13:12	King James	Greet one another with an holy kiss.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Greet - Salute; see the note, Rom 16:3. With an holy kiss - note, Rom 16:16.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Greet - Salute; see the note, Rom 16:3.

With an holy kiss - note, Rom 16:16.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Kiss In Pe1 1:14, called the kiss of charity. The practice was maintained chiefly at the celebration of the Eucharist. In the "Apostolic Constitutions" it is enjoined that, before the communion, the clergy kiss the bishop, the laymen amongst each other, and so the women. This latter injunction grew out of the reproach of looseness of manners circulated by the heathen against the Christians. On Good Friday it was omitted in commemoration of Judas' kiss. In the West the practice survives among the Glassites or Sandemanians. In the Latin Church, after the end of the thirteenth century, there was substituted for it a piece of the altar furniture called a Pax (peace), which was given to the deacon with the words Peace to thee and to the Church. In the East it is continued in the Coptic and Russian Churches.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Kiss

In Pe1 1:14, called the kiss of charity. The practice was maintained chiefly at the celebration of the Eucharist. In the "Apostolic Constitutions" it is enjoined that, before the communion, the clergy kiss the bishop, the laymen amongst each other, and so the women. This latter injunction grew out of the reproach of looseness of manners circulated by the heathen against the Christians. On Good Friday it was omitted in commemoration of Judas' kiss. In the West the practice survives among the Glassites or Sandemanians. In the Latin Church, after the end of the thirteenth century, there was substituted for it a piece of the altar furniture called a Pax (peace), which was given to the deacon with the words Peace to thee and to the Church. In the East it is continued in the Coptic and Russian Churches.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Greet one another with a holy kiss - Use every means by which a good understanding may be brought about. Let the spirit of friendship live among you, and encourage its continuance by every friendly act. See the note on Rom 16:16.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Greet one another with a holy kiss - Use every means by which a good understanding may be brought about. Let the spirit of friendship live among you, and encourage its continuance by every friendly act. See the note on Rom 16:16.

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