EPHESIANS - Chapter 6 - Verse 24

Verse 24. Grace be, etc. See Barnes "Ro 16:20".

That love our Lord Jesus Christ. See Barnes "1 Co 16:22".

In sincerity. Marg., with incorruption. With a pure heart; without dissembling; without hypocrisy. There could not be a more appropriate close of the epistle than such a wish; there will be nothing more needful for us, when we come to the close of life, than the consciousness that we love the Lord Jesus Christ IN SINCERITY. To writer and reader may this be equally the inestimable consolation then! Better, far better then will be the evidence of such sincere love, than all the wealth which toll can gain, all the honours which the world can bestow—than the most splendid mansion, or the widest fame.

The subscription to this epistle, like those affixed to the other epistles, is of no authority, but in this instance there is every reason to believe that it is correct. Comp. Notes at the end of the epistle to the Romans and I Corinthians.

End of Barnes Notes on Ephesians