Verse 2
Paul greeted his readers by wishing God’s grace and peace on them, as he did in all of his other epistles. Grace (Gr. charis) expresses God’s unmerited favor and divine enablement, which are the portion of every saint. Peace (Gr. eirene, which translates the Hebrew shalom) is our condition resulting from God’s grace to us. We have peace with God and we can experience the peace of God, the fullness of His blessing, because of His grace (cf. Numbers 6:25-26).
"So if we want a concise summary of the good news which the whole letter announces, we could not find a better one than the three monosyllables ’peace through grace’." [Note: Stott, p. 28.]
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