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The New Daily Study Bible

New Testament
WILLIAM BARCLAY
LINDA FOSTER (EDITOR)
 

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New readers will find Barclay’s wide-ranging insight readily accessible in The New Daily Study Bible series. Barclay’s language has been sensitively updated, and out-of-date references have been removed. Readers familiar with his work will find it enhanced throughout with explanation of contexts, sources for quotations and other details. The revision involved William Barclay’s son Ronnie at all stages.

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EXTRACT

At the very beginning of his letter, Paul sums up his wishes and prayers for his friends in two tremendous words.
(1) He wishes them grace. There are two main ideas in this word. The first is that of sheer beauty. The Greek word charis means grace in the theological sense; but it always means beauty and charm; and, even when used in a theological sense, the idea of charm is never far away from it. If the Christian life has grace in it, it must be a lovely thing. Far too often, goodness exists without charm and charm without goodness. It is when goodness and charm unite that the work of grace is seen. The second idea is that of undeserved generosity, of a gift, which is never deserved and could never be earned, given in the generous love of God. When Paul prays for grace to be bestowed on his friends, it is as if he were saying: 'May the beauty of the undeserved love of God be on you, so that it will make your life lovely, too.'
(2) He wishes them peace. Paul was a Jew, and the Jewish word shalom must have been in his mind, even as he wrote the Greek word eirene. Shalom means far more than the mere absence of trouble. It means everything which is to our highest good, everything which will make the mind pure, the will resolute and the heart glad. It is that sense of the love and care of God, which, even if our bodies are tortured, can keep our hearts serene.

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