2 TIMOTHY 4:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.”
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. — The closing benediction: kyrios (the Lord) extends parakolouthia (his presence) to Timothy's pneuma (spirit), while charis (grace) encompasses the community (you plural). The epistolary farewell promises divine sustenance for the ministry ahead.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 4:22
There can be no better prayer than this. Grieve not for my departure. The Lord will be with you. And he says, not “with you,” but “with your spirit.” Thus there is a twofold assistance, the grace of the Spirit, and God helping it. And otherwise God will not be with us, if we have not spiritual grace. For if we be deserted by grace, how shall He be with us? Thus he prays for himself too, that they may always be well-pleasing to Him, that they may have grace together with the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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