2 Timothy 4:22

‘The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.’

The final salute is in two parts, the first directed to Timothy, the second to the whole church. To Timothy he seeks to bring home the intimacy of his Lord with him. It is the Lord Himself Who is with his spirit, Christ in him. How then can he faint or fail? The greeting to the church wishes for them the unmerited favour and gracious working of a gracious God. With these words the Pauline letters are complete.