2 Corinthians 13:12
New International Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

New Living Translation
Greet each other with a sacred kiss.

English Standard Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Berean Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Berean Literal Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

King James Bible
Greet one another with an holy kiss.

New King James Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

New American Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

NASB 1995
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

NASB 1977
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Legacy Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Amplified Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Christian Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints send you greetings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

American Standard Version
Salute one another with a holy kiss.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Contemporary English Version
Give each other a warm greeting. All God's people send their greetings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Salute one another with a holy kiss.

English Revised Version
Salute one another with a holy kiss.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Good News Translation
Greet one another with the kiss of peace. All of God's people send you their greetings.

International Standard Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Literal Standard Version
Greet one another in a holy kiss.

Majority Standard Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

New American Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the holy ones greet you.

NET Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

New Revised Standard Version
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

New Heart English Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Webster's Bible Translation
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Weymouth New Testament
Salute one another with a holy kiss.

World English Bible
Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Young's Literal Translation
salute one another in an holy kiss;

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Context
Final Greetings and Blessing
11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you. 12Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13All the saints send you greetings.…

Cross References
Matthew 5:47
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

Romans 16:16
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.


Treasury of Scripture

Greet one another with an holy kiss.

Romans 16:16
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

1 Corinthians 16:20
All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.

1 Thessalonians 5:26
Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

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2 Corinthians 13
1. Paul threatens severity, and the power of his apostleship, against obstinate sinners.
5. And, advising them to a trial of their faith,
7. and to a reformation of their sins before his coming,
11. he concludes his epistle with a general exhortation and a prayer.














(12) Greet one another with an holy kiss.--The tense of the Greek verb indicates that the Apostle is giving directions, not for a normal and, as it were, liturgical usage, but for a single act. In doing so, he repeats what he had said in 1Corinthians 16:20. The same injunction appears in Romans 16:16; 1Thessalonians 5:26. What he meant was that, as the public reading of the Epistle came to a close, the men who listened should embrace each other and kiss each other's cheeks, in token that all offences were forgotten and forgiven, and that there was nothing but peace and goodwill between them. It was, perhaps, natural, that the counsel should be taken as a rubric, even at the cost of its losing its real significance, and becoming a stereotyped formula. So in the Apostolic Constitutions (possibly of the third century) we find the rubric, "Let the deacons say to all, 'Salute ye one another with a holy kiss:' and let the clergy salute the bishop, the men of the laity salute the men, the women the women." The deacons were to watch that there was no disorder during the act (8:57). In the account given by Justin (Apol. i. 65) it appears as preceding the oblation of the bread and wine for the Eucharistic Feast, as it did in most of the Eastern liturgies, probably as a symbolic act of obedience to the command of Matthew 5:24. In the Western Church it came after the consecration of the elements and the Lord's Prayer. It was intermitted on Good Friday in the African Church (Tertull. De Orat. c. 14) as unsuitable for a day of mourning. It may be noted as the survival of a residuum of the old practice, that when the usage was suppressed by the Western Church, in the thirteenth century, it was replaced by the act of kissing a marble or ivory tablet, on which some sacred subject, such as the Crucifixion, had been carved, which was passed from one to another, and was known as the osculatorium, or "kissing instrument."

Verse 12. - Great one another. The verb, being in the aorist, refers to a single act. When the letter had been read in their hearing, they were, in sign of perfect unity and mutual forgiveness, to give one another the kiss of peace. With a holy kiss (see on 1 Corinthians 16:20; comp. 1 Peter 5:14).

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Greek
Greet
Ἀσπάσασθε (Aspasasthe)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 782: To greet, salute, pay my respects to, welcome. To enfold in the arms, i.e. to salute, to welcome.

one another
ἀλλήλους (allēlous)
Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

a holy
ἁγίῳ (hagiō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

kiss.
φιλήματι (philēmati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5370: A kiss. From phileo; a kiss.


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