Verse 25
‘The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.’
He then ends his letter with a prayer that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ will be with ‘your (P) spirit’. He wants the whole church to enjoy God’s grace as manifested in Christ. This final petition is on behalf of the whole church who have been called on to have a part in what Paul is asking (plural pronoun). We are not therefore to see it as an added hint to Philemon. Nevertheless it clearly does underline what Paul has been requesting, that he will be compassionate towards Onesimus, and that on a permanent basis. Amen (let it surely be).
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