2 Thessalonicher 3:17

17 Der Gruß mit meiner, des Paulus, Hand, welches das Zeichen in jedem Briefe ist; so schreibe ich.

2 Thessalonicher 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 Thessalonicher 3:17 In-Context

15 und achtet ihn nicht als einen Feind, sondern weiset ihn zurecht als einen Bruder.

16 Er selbst aber, der Herr des Friedens, gebe euch den Frieden immerdar auf alle Weise! Der Herr sei mit euch allen!

17 Der Gruß mit meiner, des Paulus, Hand, welches das Zeichen in jedem Briefe ist; so schreibe ich.

18 Die Gnade unseres Herrn Jesus Christus sei mit euch allen!