2 THESSALONIANS 3:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.”
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all — the benediction invokes the 'Lord of peace' (kyrios eirēnēs) as the source of comprehensive peace ('at all times in every way,' en panti tropō). His presence ('be with you') is the guarantee of eschatological security.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 3:16
See how, when he mentions the things that are to be done, he sets his mark upon them by prayer, adding prayer and supplication, like certain marks set upon things that are laid up. “Give you peace,” he says, “at all times, in all ways.” For since it was likely that contentions would arise from these things, those men becoming exasperated, and the others not supplying such persons so readily as formerly, he with good reason now offered this prayer for them, saying, “Give you…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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