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Selected Verse: Ephesians 6:23 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eph 6:23 |
King James |
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| love with faith--Faith is presupposed as theirs; he prays that love may accompany it (Gal 5:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Peace be to the brethren - The Epistle is closed with the usual salutations. The expression "peace to you," was the common form of salutation in the East (see the Mat 10:13 note; Luk 24:36 note; Rom 15:33 note; compare Gal 6:16; Pe1 5:14; Jo3 1:14), and is still the "salam" which is used - the word "salam" meaning "peace."
And love with faith - Love united with faith; not only desiring that they might have faith, but the faith which worked by love.
From God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ - The Father and the Son are regarded as equally the author of peace and love; compare notes on Co2 13:14. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Peace - This verse recapitulates the whole epistle. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Peace be to the brethren - If the epistle were really sent to the Ephesians, a people with whom the apostle was so intimately acquainted, it is strange that he mentions no person by name. This objection, on which Dr. Paley lays great stress, (see the preface to this epistle), has not been successfully answered.
Peace - All prosperity, and continual union with God and among yourselves; and love to God and man, the principle of all obedience and union; with faith, continually increasing, and growing stronger and stronger, from God the Father, as the fountain of all our mercies, and the Lord Jesus Christ, through whose sacrifice and mediation they all come. |
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.