Charis

Definition

Christian letters often replace “Greetings” with “Grace” and combine it with the Jewish greeting “Peace,” creating a distinctively Christian opening.

Gal. 2:9 — *and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and *
Acts 15:29 — *that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell. *
3 John 2 — From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth. Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the b
1 Cor. 16:5-9 — But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia—for I will be going through Macedonia— and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go. For I d
Rom. 16:3-16 — Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. Also greet the church in their house. Greet my d
1 Thess. 5:12-28 — Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselve