Philippians 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you ¹  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Philippians 4:23

4:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. ² 

Philippians 1:7

1:7 For ³  it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, ⁴  since both in my imprisonment ⁵  and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace ⁶  together with me.

¹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

² tc Most witnesses, including several important ones (Ì⁴⁶ א A D Ψ 33 Ï lat sy bo), have ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”) at the end of this letter, while an impressive combination of Alexandrian and Western mss (B F G 075 6 1739* 1881 sa) lack the valedictory particle. Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Thus, on internal grounds, with sufficient support from external evidence, the preferred reading is the omission of ἀμήν.

³ tn Grk “Just as.” The sense here is probably, “So I give thanks (v. 3) just as it is right for me…”

⁴ tn Or possibly “because you have me in your heart.”

⁵ tn Grk “in my bonds.” The meaning “imprisonment” derives from a figurative extension of the literal meaning (“bonds,” “fetters,” “chains”), L&N 37.115.

⁶ tn The word “God’s” is supplied from the context (v. 2) to clarify the meaning.