SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:12
Saludaos los unos a los otros con beso santo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:12
Verse 12. Greet one another with a holy kiss.] Use every means by which a good understanding may be brought about. Let the spirit of friendship live among you, and encourage its continuance by every friendly act. See the note on Rom. xvi. 16.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. Greet one another with an holy kiss .] (See Gill on “ Romans 16:16”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-14 - Here are several good exhortations. God is the Author of peace an Lover of concord; he hath loved us, and is willing to be at peace with us. And let it be our constant aim so to walk, that separation from ou friends may be only for a time, and that we may meet in that happ world where parting will be unknown. He wishes that they may partak all the benefits which Christ of his free grace and favour ha purchased; the Father out of his free love has purposed; and the Holy Ghost applies and bestows __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ασπασασθε 782 5663 V-ADM-2P αλληλους 240 C-APM εν 1722 PREP αγιω 40 A-DSN φιληματι 5370 N-DSN ασπαζονται 782 5736 V-PNI-3P υμας 5209 P-2AP οι 3588 T-NPM αγιοι 40 A-NPM παντες 3956 A-NPM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
12. Kiss. In 1 Pet. i. 14, called the kiss of charity. The practice was maintained chiefly at the celebration of the Eucharist. In the "Apostolic Constitutions" 164 it is enjoined that, before the communion, the clergy kiss the bishop, the laymen amongst each other, and so the women. This latter injunction grew out of the reproach of looseness of manners circulated by the heathen against the Christians. On Good Friday it was omitted in commemoration of Judas' kiss. In the West the practice survives among the Glassites or Sandemanians. In the Latin Church, after the end of the thirteenth century, there was substituted for it a piece of the altar furniture called a Pax (peace), which was given to the deacon with the words Peace to thee and to the Church. In the East it is continued in the Coptic and Russian Churches.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
13:12 {With a holy kiss} (en hagiwi filemati). In the Jewish synagogues where the sexes were separated, men kissed men, the women, women. this apparently was the Christian custom also. It is still observed in the Coptic and the Russian churches. It was dropped because of charges made against the Christians by the pagans. In England in 1250 Archbishop Walter of York introduced a "pax-board" which was first kissed by the clergy and qen passed around. Think of the germ theory of disease and that kissing tablet!
