28. Ἡχάριςκτλ.] a concluding benediction in which the favourite Pauline conception of ‘ grace’ takes the place of the ordinary epistolary ἔρρωσο (ἔρρωσθε) or ἐρρῶσθαίσε (ὑμᾶς) εὔχομαι: cf. 2 Thessalonians 3:18, Romans 16:20, 1 Corinthians 16:23. A shorter form ἡχάριςμεθʼ ὑμῶν is found in Colossians 4:18, 1 Timothy 6:21, 2 Timothy 4:22, Titus 3:15 (add πάντων), while this is expanded in various ways in Galatians 6:18, Ephesians 6:24, Philippians 4:23. The full trinitarian benediction occurs in 2 Corinthians 13:13. The liturgical ἀμήν is found in a.d.bcKLP &c.: cf. 3:13 note. δεῖγὰρταῦταγενέσθαιπρῶτον, ἀλλʼ οὐκεὐθέωςτσ̀τέλος.Τὰἀναγκαῖαπάνταδτ͂λα. Chrysostom. πιστὸςδέἐστινσ̔κύριος, ὅςστηρίξειὑμᾶςκαὶφυλαξειἀπὸτουπονηροῦ.