2 CORINTHIANS 13:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Greet one another with an holy kiss.”
Greet one another with a holy kiss — the *phylēma hagion*, holy kiss, is *sacramental*: communal affection expressed *corporeally*, embodying the reconciliation Paul has urged throughout. Physical embrace enacts *spiritual communion*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 13:12
“Salute one another with a holy kiss.” What is “holy?” not hollow, not treacherous, like the kiss which Judas gave to Christ. For therefore is the kiss given, that it may be fuel unto love, that it may kindle the disposition, that we may so love each other, as brothers brothers, as children parents, as parents children; yea, rather even far more. For those things are a disposition implanted by nature, but these by spiritual grace. Thus our souls bound unto each other. And…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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