Grace be to you … Christ "These two words, grace and peace, comprehend in them whatsoever belongeth to Christianity. Grace releaseth sin, and peace maketh the conscience quiet." Luther. We have here another indirect, but clear proof of the Godhead of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is with the Eternal Father the source and giver of grace and peace, and therefore Heis "the God of all grace" (1 Peter 5:10), and "the God of Peace" (Hebrews 13:20).

A similar form of salutation occurs 1 Thessalonians 1:1, and elsewhere.

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