# 1 Thessalonians 5.27

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**Book:** [1 Thessalonians](/codex/1-thessalonians/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 25. Brethren, pray for us. 26. Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
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> **27. I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.**
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> 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1 Thessalonians 5:25-28, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 25. Brothers, pray for us. 26. Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
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> **27. I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers.**
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> 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (1 Thessalonians 5:25-28, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 25. Brethren, pray for us. 26. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
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> **27. I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. <sup>charge: or, adjure</sup>**
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> 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. <sup>The first epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.</sup> (1 Thessalonians 5:25-28, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 25. Brethren, pray for us; 26. salute all the brethren in an holy kiss;
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> **27. I charge you [by] the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;**
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> 28. the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with you! Amen. (1 Thessalonians 5:25-28, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.