Philemon 1:25

Study note

Setting — Paul addresses this closing greeting to Philemon immediately after naming Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke as his fellow workers circulating the letter.

The words — The Greek χάρις (charis, "grace") and κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, "of the Lord of us Jesus Christ") anchor the phrase, which concludes with μετὰ (meta, "[be] with") to denote indwelling presence.

The thread — Comparable closings appear in 2 Timothy 4:22, Romans 16:20, and Galatians 6:18, though each epistle alters the phrasing, switches the order of clauses, or inserts direct addresses like "brothers."

Why it lands — The text attributes the source of grace exclusively to Jesus Christ and declares that this grace will rest upon the recipient's spirit. It requires the reader to recognize spiritual favor as a divine gift rather than a human achievement and to accept it as the final condition of the correspondence.

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