Philippians 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you 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.

Philippians 1:7

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

tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

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.

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

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

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

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