“Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.”
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love — the final blessing: charis ('grace') pasi ('to all') tois agapō ('who love') ton kyrion Iēsoun Christon en aphtharsiā ('Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility'), the epistle ending with grace and the incorruptible love of Christ.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:24
“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? What is this, “in uncorruptness”? It either means, “in purity”; or else, “for the sake of those things which are incorruptible,” as, for example, not in riches, nor in glory, but in those treasures which are incorruptible. The “in” means, “through.” “Through uncorruptness,” that is, “through virtue.” Because all sin…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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