3Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Ancient epistles began, as here, with salutation and good wishes: religion consecrates, as far as may be, old forms, and turns compliments into real expressions of life and love. Here we have, as usually, I. The saluter, not expressed by name, but by a chosen character: The elder . The expression, and style, and love, intimate that the penman was the same with that of the foregoing epistle; he is…
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