Philemon 1:25

ἀμήν is added by Text. Rec. with אCDb.c, etc., but omitted by AD*.

Subscription. A is defective here. The simplest and apparently most original form is πρὸς Φιλήμονα אC 17, to which various additions are made in different authorities. The Text. Rec. has Πρὸς Φιλήμονα ἐγράφη� with K 47 al. The longest forms may be seen in Nestle’s Greek Testament, 1901.

25. Final Benediction

ἡ χάρις. Colossians 4:18, note.

τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. See notes on Textual Criticism.

μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν. Philippians 4:23; Galatians 6:18†; cf. 2 Timothy 4:22. See Colossians 2:5, note.

The reversion once more (Philemon 1:22) to ὑμῶν is due to the width of St Paul’s sympathy. On this verse Chrysostom writes Εὐχῇ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατέκλεισεν. Ἡ δὲ εὐχὴ μέγα μὲν�, καὶ τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν ἡμετέρων φυλακτήριον.

On the ἀμήν, and the Subscription, of the Text Rec., see notes on Textual Criticism.