2Cor 13:12-13 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Cor 13:12-13: 13:12-13 a sacred kiss: The kiss was a common Jewish form of salutation, not only a sign of personal affection. Common in the New Testament church (Rom 16:16 ; 1 Cor 16:20 ; 1 Thes 5:26 ; 1 Pet 5:14 ), it may have a significance in worship services in uniting fellow believers (the “kiss of peace”). The word for sacred (Greek hagiō ) is the same word that is translated God’s people (literally the saints ; Greek hagioi ) in the next sentence. • God’s people here were the believers in the place from which Paul was writing in Macedonia.

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bRom 16:16►

c1 Cor 16:20►

d1 Thes 5:26►

e1 Pet 5:14►

‏ 2 Corinthians 13:12-13

Summary for 2Cor 13:12-13: 13:12-13 ^a a sacred kiss: The kiss was a common Jewish form of salutation, not only a sign of personal affection. Common in the New Testament church (Rom 16:16 ^b; 1 Cor 16:20 ^c; 1 Thes 5:26 ^d; 1 Pet 5:14 ^e), it may have a significance in worship services in uniting fellow believers (the “kiss of peace”). The word for sacred (Greek hagiō) is the same word that is translated God’s people (literally the saints; Greek hagioi) in the next sentence.

• God’s people here were the believers in the place from which Paul was writing in Macedonia.