Ephesians 6:24
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. Amen.
The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Gratia cum omnibus qui diligunt Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum in incorruptione. Amen.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ.
Haydock's commentary
Who love our Lord Jesus Christ. Literally, "in incorruption;" with purity of heart and mind. (Witham)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians, Ephesians 6:14-17
Ver. 24 . “Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in uncorruptness.” Why does he separate the two here, placing “peace” by itself, and “grace” by itself? “In uncorruptness,” he concludes.
St Jerome Against Jovinianus, Book I
38. Something else I will say to my friends who marry and after long chastity and continence begin to burn and are as wanton as the brutes: “Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh? Did ye suffer so many things in vain?” If the Apostle in the case of some persons loosens the cords of continence, and lets them have a slack rein, he does so on account of the infirmity of the flesh. This is the enemy he has in view when he once more says: “Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.” It is unnecessary now to speak of the works of the flesh: it would be tedious, and he who chooses can easily gather them from the letter of the Apostle. …