2 Thessalonicenzen 3:17

17 De groetenis met mijn hand, van Paulus; hetwelk is een teken in iederen zendbrief; alzo schrijf ik.

2 Thessalonicenzen 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Thessalonians 3:17

The salutation of Paul with mine own hand
In writing his epistles, the body and substance of them he used an amanuensis, but the salutation he wrote with his own hand:

which is the token in every epistle;
by which they might be known to be true and genuine, and be distinguished from counterfeit ones: and the rather he mentions this, that they might be troubled neither by word, nor by spirit, nor by epistle, as from them, as they had been, ( 2 Thessalonians 2:2 ) for it seems that this wicked practice of counterfeiting the epistles of the apostles, or carrying about spurious ones, under their name, began so early; to prevent which, the apostle took this method,

so I write,
as follows:

2 Thessalonicenzen 3:17 In-Context

15 En houdt hem niet als een vijand, maar vermaant hem als een broeder.

16 De Heere nu des vredes Zelf geve u vrede te allen tijd, in allerlei wijze. De Heere zij met u allen.

17 De groetenis met mijn hand, van Paulus; hetwelk is een teken in iederen zendbrief; alzo schrijf ik.

18 De genade van onzen Heere Jezus Christus zij met u allen. Amen.