John Gill's Exposition on 1 Peter 5:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity, etc.] The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, “with an holy kiss”; and so some copies, as in ( <451616>Romans 16:16) and elsewhere; (see Gill on “ <451616>Romans 16:16”); and intends such a kiss, as is not only opposite to everything that is lascivious and impure, but is expressive of true love and affection, and is hearty and sincere: and such a love the Jews call, as the apostle does here, wmyjrd hqyçn, “a kiss of love” f109; for as Philo the Jew f110 observes, a kiss and love differ, the one may be without the other, a mere compliment, a show of friendship, and not arise from sincere love. Peace with you all, that are in Christ Jesus; who were chosen in him before the foundation of the world; and appeared to be in him by the effectual calling; and were at least by profession in him, and were in Christ mystical, and incorporated in a Gospel church; the Arabic version reads, “who are in the love of Jesus Christ”. To these the apostle wishes peace, temporal, spiritual, and eternal. The Vulgate Latin reads “grace”, which is most usual in Paul's epistles. The epistle is closed with Amen, as is common; the apostle wishing that this might be the case, and believing that it would be. FOOTNOTES Ft1 -- Eccl. Hist. 50:3. c. 3. Ft2 -- Harmony, etc. Vol. I. p. 335. Ft3 -- Fabricii Bibliothec. Graec. 50:4. c. 5. sect. 10. p. 164. Ft4 -- Scorpiace, c. 12. Ft5 -- Testimon. ad Quirin. 50:3. c. 36, 37, 39. Ft6 -- Eccl. Hist. 50:3. c. 1. Ft7 -- Apud Euseb. ib. 50:4. c. 23. Ft8 -- Ib. 50:7. c. 14. Hieron. Script. Ecclesiastes Catalog. sect. 75. Ft9 -- Ib. 50:8. c. 12. Ft10 -- Hist. Eccl. Magdeburg. cent. 2. c. 2. p. 3. cent. 4. c. 2. p. 3. c. 7. p. 289. cent. 5. c. 2. p. 4. c. 1O. p. 602. cent. 6. c. 2. p. 4. cent. 7. c. 2. p. 3. cent. 8. c. 2. p. 5. Ft11 -- Geograph. 50:5. c. 6. Ft12 -- Polyhist. c. 57. Ft13 -- Zohar in Genesis fol. 51. 3. & in Exodus fol. 33. 2. & 35. 4. Ft14 -- Adv. Judaeos, c. 7. ad Scapulam, c. 3. Ft15 -- Eccl. Hist. 50:6. c. 19. Ft16 -- lb. 50:8. 12. Ft17 -- Eccl. Hist. Magdeburg. cent. 3. c. 2. p. 2. c. 3. p. 11. c. 7. p. 117. cent. 4. c. 2. p. 4. c. 9. p. 350, 390. cent. 5. c. 2. p. 4. c. 10. p. 605, 606. cent. 6. c. 2. p. 5. cent. 7. c. 2. p. 3. c. 10. p. 254. cent. 8. c. 2. p. 5. cent. 9. c. 2. p. 3. Ft18 -- C. 53. Ft19 -- Ib. cent. 7. c. 2. p. 3. c. 10. p. 254. cent. 8. c. 2. p. 5. Ft20 -- Epist. 50:10. ep. 97. Ft21 -- Eccl. Hist. 50:8. c. 5, 6. Ft22 -- Hist. Eccl. Magdeburg. cent. 4. c. 2. p. 3. c. 9. p. 390. cent. 5. c. 2. p. 4. c. 10. p. 601, 602. cent. 6. c. 2. p. 4. cent. 7. c. 2. p. 3. c. 10. p. 254. cent. 8. c. 2. p. 5. cent. 9. c. 2. p. 3. Ft23 -- T. Hieros. Masser Sheni, fol. 56. 3. T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 11. 2. Ft24 -- Tzeror Hammor, fol. 150. 3. Ft25 -- Zohar in Genesis fol. 131. 2. Ft26 -- Zohar in Exodus fol. 34. 3. Ft27 -- Tzeror Hammor, fol. 22. 1. Ft28 -- Tzeror Hammor, fol. 168. 4. Ft29 -- Zohar in Genesis fol. 19. 3. & passim. Ft30 -- T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 118. 1. & passim. Ft31 -- T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 119. 2. Ft32 -- Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Beracot, c. 7. sect. 1. Ft33 -- Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 1, 2, etc. Ft34 -- Targum in <280107>Hosea 1:7. & 3:2. & in <290217>Joel 2:17. Ft35 -- Zohar in Numbers fol. 102. 3. Ft36 -- T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 59. 1. & Nedarim, fol. 89. 2. Ft37 -- Kimchi in <230202>Isaiah 2:2. Ft38 -- Pirke Abot, c. 3. sect. 1. & Bartenora in ib. Zohar in Exodus fol. 62. 1. & 78. 2. Ft39 -- Targum, Jarchi, & Kimchi, in <234…

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