Philippians 4:23

τοῦ κ. Ἰ. Χ. So אABG2K2L, most cursives, arm. D2, some cursives, syr (pesh) copt æth and some fathers add ἡμῶν.

τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν. So א*Obadiah 1:2 G2, 6 17 31 47 73 80 and some other cursives, copt arm æth, Damasc Victorin. So all recent Editors. אcKL, most cursives, syrr, Chrys Thdrt Thphyl read μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.

Ἀμήν is added by אAD2K2L, almost all cursives, vulg copt syrr arm æth. Wordsw alone of recent Editors retains it. The evidence for it is strong.

Subscription. This is omitted in the present edition, with Lachm Tisch Wordsw Ell WH. Treg Alf give πρὸς Φιλιππησίους, with אAB, 17. Some other forms given by Treg are πρὸς Φιλιππηνσίους ἐπληρώθη (D2, 1 Thess. following), ἐτελέσθη πρὸς Φιλιππησίους (G, Col. following), τοῦ ἁγίου�ʼ Ἐπαφροδίτου (L).

23. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κ. Ἰ. Χ. So, or nearly so, every Epistle of St Paul’s closes, or almost closes. In the Ep. to the Romans the “grace” occurs twice; Romans 16:20; Romans 16:24. The exact form here used (τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν) occurs Galatians 6:16; Philemon 1:25.

Observe the implied testimony to the Divine glory of the Saviour, named thus alone, and in conclusion, as the Fountain of grace.

μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν. On the reading, see critical note.—The πνεῦμα is the inmost basis of the life and will of man. It is not absorbed, or annulled, by the Divine χάρις, which is “with” it. Cp. 1 Corinthians 15:10, οὐκ ἐγώ, ἀλλὰ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί.

On ἀμήν (here in T.R.) and on the Subscription, see critical note.