Galatians 6:18 Brothers, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. It is of little moment whether by this "grace" we understand that free love and favour which He always bears in His heart to all that believe in His name, or all that kindness — all those heavenly and spiritual blessings — in the communication of which He manifests this love, this free favour. In any case, to possess His grace is an inconceivable blessing. To be the objects of the kind regards of one so excellent, so amiable, so kind, so wise, so faithful, who can estimate the value of this? It was the apostle's wish that the Galatian Christians might every day enjoy new proofs of this unaltered, unalterable lore. He does not pray simply that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ may be with them, but that it may be with their spirit. The leading object of the whole Epistle is to withdraw them more from external things, and fix them on things spiritual; and such a prayer is a most appropriate conclusion. (John Brown, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. WEB: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. |
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