2Ti 4:22, Tit 3:15 | JFB | STEP | 22. Grace be with you —plural in oldest manuscripts, "with YOU ," that is, thee and the members of the Ephesian and neighboring churches.

2 Timothy 4:22

22. Grace be with you—plural in oldest manuscripts, "with YOU," that is, thee and the members of the Ephesian and neighboring churches.

Titus 3:15

15. Greet—"Salute them that love us in the faith." All at Crete had not this love rooted in faith, the true bond of fellowship. A salutation peculiar to this Epistle, such as no forger would have used.

Grace—Greek, "The grace," namely, of God.

with you all—not that the Epistle is addressed to all the Cretan Christians, but Titus would naturally impart it to his flock.