2 Thessalonians 3:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

2 Thessalonians 3:17 —

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1 Corinthians 16:21
The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
Colossians 4:18
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Joshua 2:12
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-18)

In this conclusion of the epistle we have the apostle’s benediction and prayers for these Thessalonians. Let us desire them for ourselves and our friend. There are three blessings pronounced upon them, or desired for them:— I. That God would give them peace. Note, 1. Peace is the blessing pronounced or desired. By peace we may understand all manner of prosperity; here it may signify, in particular…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. The Epistle was written by an amanuensis (perhaps Silas or Timothy), and only the closing salutation written by Paul’s “own hand” (compare Ro 16:22; 1Co 16:21; Col 4:18). Wherever Paul does not subjoin this autograph salutation, we may presume he wrote the whole Epistle himself (Ga 6:11). which--which autograph salutation. the token--to distinguish genuine Epistles from spurious ones put forth…