7To 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.
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To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: …
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)In this paragraph we have, I. The person who writes the epistle described (Rom. 1:1): Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ ; this is his title of honour, which he glories in, not as the Jewish teachers, Rabbi, Rabbi ; but a servant, a more immediate attendant, a steward in the house. Called to be an apostle . Some think he alludes to his old name Saul, which signifies one called for , or enquired after…
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