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Benediction and Farewell
These closing verses gather prayer, praise, explanation and greetings into one warm ending. They show what God does for believers after suffering, what the letter says it has been doing, and how Christians are greeted with love and peace.
Understanding the passage
The setting of these words
This passage is the farewell at the end of a letter. The writer gives a prayer to God, a brief statement of praise, a note about writing through Silvanus, greetings from others, and a final blessing of peace for those in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 5:10–14Main takeaway
The ending points believers to God’s grace, describes the letter as testimony to God’s true grace in which the readers stand, and closes with love and peace in Christ Jesus.
Follow the letter’s teaching
Open a card to explore the full explanation and its Bible references.
01A prayer after sufferingThe ending opens with prayer to “the God of all grace”. God has called believers to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus.
Explanation
The ending opens with prayer to “the God of all grace”. God has called believers to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus. The verse does not hide suffering. It says believers may suffer “a little while”, and asks God to perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle them. These words describe God making his people firm.
02Glory and power belong to GodThe next sentence is short and full of praise: “To him be the glory and the power forever and ever.
Explanation
The next sentence is short and full of praise: “To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.” After speaking of God’s grace, calling and strengthening, the letter gives honour to God. “Forever and ever” stretches that praise beyond the present moment, and “Amen” expresses agreement with it.
03Why this brief letter was writtenThe writer says the letter was written “through Silvanus”, whom he considers a faithful brother.
Explanation
The writer says the letter was written “through Silvanus”, whom he considers a faithful brother. He also states the purpose clearly: “exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.” The emphasis stays on the letter’s witness to God’s true grace and on the readers standing in it.
04Shared greetings and a peaceful farewellThe last verses pass on greetings from “she who is in Babylon, chosen together with you”, and from “Mark, my son”.
Explanation
The last verses pass on greetings from “she who is in Babylon, chosen together with you”, and from “Mark, my son”. Then the readers are told, “Greet one another with a kiss of love.” The final blessing gathers the tone of the ending into one wish: “Peace be to all of you who are in Christ Jesus.”
Questions to explore
Pause, look back at the verses and talk together.
01What does the prayer ask God to do after believers have “suffered a little while”?
Look closely at the four action words in the verse and describe what they show about God’s care for believers.
02How does the letter describe its own message and purpose?
Find the sentence about writing through Silvanus and notice both “the true grace of God” and the words “in which you stand”.
03What final actions and blessings shape the tone of the farewell?
Notice the greetings from others, the instruction to greet one another, and the closing word of peace.
Read the Bible passage
World English Bible ClassicScripture quotation · Public domain
1 Peter 5:10–14
10But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
11To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
12Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
13She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you. So does Mark, my son.
14Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.