“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.”
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit — the final benediction (charis) invokes Christ's grace upon their inner being (pneuma, spirit). 'Grace' (charis) is both blessing and gift, the summary of the gospel. The letter concludes as it began: with grace and peace, but now focused inward, upon transformed spirits. All exhortation and doctrine flow from and return to grace.
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