1st Corinthians Chapter 16 verse 20 Holy Bible
All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.
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All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.
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All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.
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All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
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All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
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salute you do all the brethren; salute ye one another in an holy kiss.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - All the brethren. The Ephesian Church in general. With an holy kiss. The kiss of peace is mentioned in Romans 16:16; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Peter 5:14. It was a sign of the reconciliation of all dissensions. But the abuse of the practice and the hideous heathen calumnies which it helped to perpetuate, led to its abolition. In the Roman Church a shadow of it still remains in the custom of the congregation kissing the pax after the priest has kissed it. The custom still continues in the Christos voscress of Easter Day in the Greek Church, when - " See! the bearded faces kiss each other:Every Russian Christian loves his brother.Serf or noble, each today may claimFriendly kiss in that all friendly Name."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) An holy kiss.--The kiss was the ordinary form of affectionate greeting in the East. The Church adopted it; and when thus interchanged between those whose bond of friendship was not earthly, but spiritual, it was designated "the holy kiss." (See Romans 16:16; 1Thessalonians 5:26.) The practice was given up in the Latin Church in the thirteenth century, but is still used in the Greek Church on certain great occasions, such as Easter Day.
