Galatians 6:18

The Epistle commenced with expostulation and rebuke. It closes with benediction. Grace is the key-note of the Apostle's argument. Grace the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ the blessing he invokes on their behalf. It is the farewell prayer of a brother for his -brethren", and it breathes the spirit of His Divine Master, of Whom we read, -And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them".

¶ Unto the Galatians … Rome The Subscription in the earliest MSS. is simply, -To Galatians". The additional words -written from Rome" appear first in a correctionof the Vatican MS. of uncertain date, and in two of the later Uncials. It has been shewn in the Introduction that the statement, which rests on no sufficient authority, is clearly incorrect.