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Spoken greetings

Formal greetings 2Sa 8:9-10 pp 1Ch 18:9-10 See also Ge 14:17-20; Ge 47:7 fn; 1Sa 25:14; Mt 10:11-15; Mt 23:7 pp Mk 12:38 pp Lk 20:46; Lk 11:43

Less formal greetings Ex 18:7 See also Ge 33:4; Ge 46:29; Jdg 18:15; 1Sa 10:3-4; 1Sa 13:10; 1Sa 17:22; 1Sa 30:21; 2Ki 10:12-15; Isa 14:9; Mt 5:47; Mt 26:49 Judas betrays Jesus Christ; Mt 28:9; Mk 9:15; Lk 1:39-41 Mary visits Elizabeth; Ac 18:22; Ac 21:7,19

Examples of spoken greetings Ru 2:4 See also 1Sa 25:4-6

Written greetings

Greetings at the beginning of letters 1Th 1:1 See also Ezr 4:17; Ezr 5:7; Ezr 7:12; Ac 15:23; Ac 23:26; Ro 1:1-7; 1Co 1:1-3; 2Co 1:1-2; Gal 1:1-5; Eph 1:1-2; Php 1:1-2; Col 1:1-2; 2Th 1:1-2
1Ti 1:1-2; 2Ti 1:1-2; Tit 1:1-4; Phm 1-3; Jas 1:1; 1Pe 1:1-2; 2Pe 1:1-2; 2Jn 1-3; 3Jn 1; Jude 1-2

Greetings at the close of letters Eph 6:23-24 See also Ro 16:3-27; 1Co 16:19-24; 2Co 13:12-14; Php 4:21-23; Col 4:10-18; 1Th 5:25-28; 2Th 3:16-18; 2Ti 4:19-22; Tit 3:15; Php 1:23-25; Heb 13:24-25; 1Pe 5:13-14; 2Jn 12-13; 3Jn 13-14

Messengers forbidden to greet fellow travellers

2Ki 4:29 See also Lk 10:1-4

See also