American Standard Version
Philippians 4:23
23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
Philippians 4:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.
- New International Version (NIV)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Context of Philippians 4:23
21Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you. 22All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Cæsar’s household. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
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Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Philippians 4:23
- Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
- Philippians 4:15And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
- Philippians 4:16for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my need.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
Commentaries on Philippians 4:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23The grace of our Lord - The usual apostolical benediction, which has often occurred, and been more than once explained. See on Romans 1:7; (note), and Galatians 6:18; (note). The word ̔, our, is omitted by many MSS. and several versions, which simply read, The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Be with you all - Instead of , all, , Spirit, is the reading of ADEFG, several others, with the Coptic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, and Itala; besides…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, - notes, Romans 16:20. In regard to the subscription at the end of this Epistle, it may be remarked, as has been done of the other subscriptions at the end of the Epistles, that it is of no authority whatever. There is no reason, however, to doubt that in this case it is correct. The Epistle bears internal evidence of having been written from Rome, and was doubtless sent by Epaphroditus. See the introduction, section…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-23Verses 20-23 The apostle ends with praises to God. We should look upon God, under all our weakness and fears, not as an enemy, but as a Father, disposed to pity us and help us. We must give glory to God as a Father. God's grace and favour, which reconciled souls enjoy, with the whole of the graces in us, which flow from it, are all purchased for us by Christ's merit, and applied by his pleading for us; and therefore are justly called the grace of our Lord…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23At the end of his letters, Paul often asks that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with the people he is writing to (see also 1:2). Believers need Christ’s grace for both salvation and daily life. Here, your spirit likely refers to the deepest part of the believers' inner being. The spirit is the part of the person that relates most directly to God. Paul is praying that Christ’s grace would strengthen and sustain them at the core of who they are.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. (Ga 6:18). be with you all. Amen--The oldest manuscripts read, "Be with your spirit," and omit "Amen."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Philippians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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