τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ : the rest of the letter would be written by an amanuensis. As he writes, his chain, fastened on his left hand, would impress itself on his notice. Hence the touching request “Remember my bonds,” which may bear the special sense “remember in your prayers”. ἡ χάρις μεθʼ ὑμῶν : so without any defining addition in Ephesians, 1 and 2 Tim. It is not so in the earlier letters, but neither is it so in Phil. (or Titus).

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