Why does Paul say "Grace and Peace"? #newtestamentstudy #greek

We often see in the opening of Paul's letters the phrase "grace and peace." Interestingly, a typical Greek greeting in Paul’s day was chairein, which means “greetings.” For example, we see chairein used in the letter the Jerusalem Council wrote (Acts 15:23). But Paul sort of "Christianized" the greeting by changing the greeting from chairein to charis, which means “grace." And to that word, he added (sometimes in Aramaic or Hebrew letters) the typical Hebrew greeting of "shalom," which of course means peace. (In Greek its eirēnē.) So Paul’s using this sort of mixed phrase charis and shalom: Grace & Peace. The fact that he included both typical Greek and Hebrew greetings in his salutations " Charis and Shalom" suggests that Paul was writing to a mixed audience including both Jews and Gentiles. And that he considered them equals in the eyes of God. Grace and peace!

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