1 Corinthians 1:3

grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, andfrom the Lord Jesus Christ The close association of these words for the preposition is not repeated twice has been held to imply the oneness of substance of the Father and the Son. It is also to be noted that the grace and peace are said to come from our Lord Jesus Christ equally with the Father. The same formula is to be found in the greeting of every epistle. But the most remarkable instance of this form of speech is certainly that in 1 Thessalonians 3:11 and 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17, where the Father and the Son stand together as nominatives to a verb in the singular. Graceis here used in the signification of favour, kindness, rather than in the usual theological signification of Divine assistance. The Apostle is speaking of that Divine favour in the sunshine of which the believer is privileged to dwell, and which produces peace of mind as its natural effect. For it is a cardinal point of his teaching that -there is henceforth no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" It is to be remembered that our word graceis derived from the Latin gratia, the original signification of which is favour, kindness.