2 Thess. 3:17. so I write:
2 Thess. 3:18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
The Apostle both began with grace and now again ends the epistle with grace, fortifying what was said on both sides as if with great walls, laying a firm foundation and adding an immovable conclusion. For if grace, which saves us, abides with you, it will heal all our infirmities, because such is the power of grace. And it will abide with you if you do not drive it away. Grace dwells in souls that are well-disposed, filled with simple faith and brotherly love. May it be granted to us also to have such souls, so as to show brotherly love, to correct those who have accidentally gone astray as brothers, and by every means to accomplish their reformation in peace, and to be everywhere guarded by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has received us into the number of believers and brought us to the Father in the Holy Spirit. To Him is due all glory, honor, and worship, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.