2 Thessalonians 3:17-18

3:17 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter. ¹  3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. ² 

[3:17]  ¹ tn Grk “The greeting in my hand, Paul, which is a sign in every letter, thus I write.”

[3:18]  ² tc Most witnesses, including some early and important ones (א² A D F G Ψ Ï lat sy), conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). 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. Further, the witnesses for the omission are among the best mss (א* B 0278 6 33 1739 1881* 2464 sa), giving sufficient base to prefer the shorter reading.