Salutations….
My grandmothers wrote letters to us every week, sometimes with a side note from a grandfather…one wrote to me throughout college and well in marriage…starting with a “ dear______” and ending with “love_____”…
Now, I could probably use something with AI and have letters written every week to my grandchildren…
I am not faithful in writing, I get birthday and anniversary cards out, usually on time…but not letters…
Just think if Paul hadn’t written to various ones, our New Testament would have been pretty slim…
John wrote as well with Peter, James adding their words…John tells why he wrote…
All of these letters were sources of encouragement, teaching, discipline…divinely saved through the ages…
I love the salutations on each…the desire for grace and peace To be bestowed upon the recipients…those who first read the words and those who have read the words down through time….us, who are reading them now…and then on to the following generations…because the Word is eternal…
Thank YOU….
salutation-
a
: an expression of greeting, goodwill, or courtesy by word, gesture, or ceremony
2
: the word or phrase of greeting (such as Gentlemen or Dear Sir or Madam) that conventionally comes immediately before the body of a letter
Merriam Webster online
And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
I am writing to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,because you are strong,and the word of God abides in you,and you have overcome the evil one.
I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
1John.1.4,1John.2.1,1John.2.12-14, 1John.2.26,1John.5.13
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom.1.7
Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Cor.1.1-3
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Cor.1.1-2
Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Gal.1.1-5
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph.1.1-2
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Phil.1.1-2
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Col.1.1-2
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace.
1Thess.1.1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Thess.1.1-2
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
To Timothy, my true child in the faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
To Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1Tim.1.1-2, 2Tim.1.1-2
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
To Titus, my true child in a common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Titus.1.1-4
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Phlm.1.1-3
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Jas.1.1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
1Pet.1.1-2, 2Pet.1.1-2
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
3John.1.1,Jude.1-2, Rev.1.4-5
Yet not I…
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