# 2 Thessalonians 3.17 **Book:** [2 Thessalonians](/codex/2-thessalonians/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 15. And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 16. Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all. > > **17. The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.** > > 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2 Thessalonians 3:15-18, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 15. Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 16. Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all. > > **17. The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write.** > > 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (2 Thessalonians 3:15-18, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 15. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 16. Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. > > **17. The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.** > > 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens. (2 Thessalonians 3:15-18, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 15. and as an enemy count [him] not, but admonish ye [him] as a brother; 16. and may the Lord of the peace Himself give to you the peace always in every way; the Lord [is] with you all! > > **17. The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is a sign in every letter; thus I write;** > > 18. the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with you all! Amen. (2 Thessalonians 3:15-18, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## 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._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Half of Pauls Letters Are Forgeries Objection Defeater](/codex/half-of-pauls-letters-are-forgeries-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## 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.