Paul's benediction for the church

Paul’s benediction for the church

Paul’s benediction at the end of the epistle is a very unique one among all his epistles:

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

(「願賜平安的神親自使你們全然成聖。又願你們的靈與魂與身子得蒙保守,在我主耶穌基督降臨的時候,完全無可指摘。」) (5:23)

This is the only benediction that bears the key message that Paul wants to bring forward in this epistle--“the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”.