Galatians 6:18 Brothers, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. By this last word he seals all that precedes it. He says not merely "with you" as elsewhere; but, "with your spirit," thus withdrawing them from carnal things, and displaying throughout the beneficence of God, and reminding them of the grace which they enjoyed, whereby he was able to recall them from all their Judaizing errors. For to have received the Spirit came not of the law's penury, but of the righteousness which is by faith, and to preserve it when obtained came not from circumcision but from grace. Farther, he concludes his exhortation with a prayer, and makes mention of grace and the Spirit on this account, namely, both as addressing himself to the brethren, and as supplicating God that they might continue to enjoy these blessings, thus providing for them a twofold security. For this very thing, namely, both prayer and complete teaching, became to them as a double wall. For teaching, reminding them of what benefits they enjoyed, they rather kept them in the doctrine of the Church, and prayer, invoking grace, and exhorting to an enduring constancy, permitted not the Spirit to depart from them. And He abiding in them, all the error of such doctrines as they held was shaken off like dust, in Christ Jesus our Lord. ( Chrysostom.) 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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