Verse 18
The final benediction is the same as the one that ends 1 Thessalonians except for the addition of the word "all" here.
"If any theological point is to be made from the inclusion of ’all,’ it is perhaps that Paul asked for Christ’s grace even on those who were not holding to the Christian pattern of behavior regarding work." [Note: Wanamaker, p. 293.]
Paul’s concern for the peace and unity of all the church was his great passion in this epistle.
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