Philemon - 1:3



3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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may God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
Gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro et Domino Iesu Christo.

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Grace to you, and peace - See if the notes at Romans 1:7.

Grace to you and peace, from God,.... Which is the same form of salutation used in the other epistles; See Gill on Romans 1:7 for though this epistle is but a very small one, yet it is introduced in the same form as the larger epistles are; and has an inscription in the former verse, a salutation in this, and a preface in the three following.

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