1 Corinthians 16:23
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi vobiscum.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ μεθʼ ὑμῶν.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom Homilies on First Corinthians, Homily XLIV
Ver. 23 . “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” This is like a teacher, to help not only with advice, but also with prayers.
St Athanasius Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life, First Letter to Monks. (Written 358-360)
3. Accordingly I have written as well as I was able; and you, dearly beloved, receive these communications not as containing a perfect exposition of the Godhead of the Word, but as being merely a refutation of the impiety of the enemies of Christ, and as containing and affording to those who desire it, suggestions for arriving at a pious and sound faith in Christ. And if in anything they are defective (and I think they are defective in all respects), pardon it with a pure conscience, and only receive favourably the boldness of my good intentions in support of godliness. For an utter condemnation of the heresy of the Arians, it is sufficient for you to know the judgment given by the Lord in the death of Arius, of which you have already been informed by others. …
St John Cassian The Seven Books of John Cassian on the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius, Chapter V. From the gifts of Divine grace which we receive through Christ he infers that He is truly God
Although we began to speak some time back on this Divine grace of our Lord and Saviour, I want to say somewhat more on the same subject from the Holy Scriptures. We read in the Acts of the Apostles that the Apostle James thus refuted those who thought that when they received the gospel they ought still to bear the yoke of the old Law: “Why,” said he, “do ye tempt God, to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear. But by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we believe to be saved in like manner as they also.” The Apostle certainly speaks of the gift of this grace as given by Jesus Christ. …