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•11末了，弟兄们，愿你们喜乐。要追求完全；要接受鼓励；要同心合意；要彼此和睦。如此，慈爱和平的 神必与你们同在。12你们要用圣洁的吻彼此问安。众圣徒都向你们问安。
•13愿主耶稣基督的恩惠、 神的慈爱、圣灵的感动常与你们众人同在！
对于哥林多这样一个被各种问题所困扰的教会，保罗以这样一种方式结束这封信实在是太美好了！从某些方面来说，我很怀念我们从前用手写信和收信的年代。我曾经找到一封以前写给我祖母的信，那时候我20多岁，是一名教区牧师。祖母去世后，我的姑姑把这封信还给了我。我已经完全不记得自己写过这封信了。当我读这封信的时候，我的第一个反应是，“真的是我写的吗？”这是一封美好的信，一定温暖了祖母的心。它表达了我当时的想法、感受、信心，以及当时我对服事（上帝）的渴望。我知道今天的电子邮件也是来自上帝的礼物，因为我们能以更快的速度联系更多的人。但是我们写了太多的邮件，反而缺乏手写信件能表达的深度和感情。
从某些方面来说，哥林多后书是保罗写给哥林多教会的一封困难的信，针对哥林多信徒对自己的误解，保罗为自己辩护，告诫他们防备那些假使徒……，但是当保罗最后结束这封信时，他用积极的话语来鼓励他们。他提醒他们要喜乐。对一个基督徒来说，每一天不都是美好的吗？充满了来自上帝的恩典和怜悯。保罗勉励他们要同心合意，彼此和睦。哥林多教会的结党纷争对传福音没有帮助。保罗向他们的问安，并在最后给他们“来自使徒的祝福。”
以这样的方式结束这封信，实在是太美好了。“愿主耶稣基督的恩惠，神的慈爱，圣灵的感动，常与你们众人同在！”如果我们明白救主耶稣的恩惠，活在我们天父的慈爱里，又与住在我们里面的圣灵合一，我们就拥有了一切。无论生命中还有什么其他事情发生，生命是美好的，我们当喜乐！
祷告:主耶稣啊，愿你的恩惠与我同在，直到永远，因为只有在你里面，我才能找到平安和喜乐。父啊，让我知道你丰盛的慈爱，让我像你的孩子一样去活每一天。圣灵阿，求你丰富地住在我里面，叫我里面没有罪，叫我的信心天天长进。阿们。
2 Corinthians 13: 11 Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13 All God’s people here send their greetings. 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (NIV)
What a beautiful way to end a letter to this troublesome congregation! In some ways I miss writing and receiving letters. I found one I had written to my grandmother when I was a vicar in my twenties. My aunt must have given it back to me after my grandmother died. I had forgotten all about it. My first reaction to reading it was, “I actually wrote this?” It was a beautiful letter that must have warmed her heart. It expressed thoughts and feelings and faith and my eagerness for the ministry at the time. I know that emails are also a gift from God, because we can reach so many more people more quickly than ever. But, we write so many of them, that they often lack the depth and the feelings that written letters contained.
Paul wraps up this rather difficult letter to the Corinthians with positive words of encouragement for them. He reminds them to rejoice. Isn’t every day for a believer a good day, a day of grace from our God who is full of mercy? He encourages them to be of one mind and purpose. The divisions in Corinth were not helping the preaching of the gospel. He sends greetings and finally gives them the “apostolic blessing.”
What a wonderful way to end a letter. “”May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” If we know the grace of our Savior, Jesus, and we live in the love of our heavenly Father, and we are one with the Holy Spirit, who lives in us, we have it all. No matter what else is going on in our lives, life is good and we can rejoice!
Prayer: Lord Jesus, be with me with your grace today and always, for only in you do I find peace and joy. Father, let me know your abundant love and live each day as your child. Holy Spirit, dwell in me richly so that there is no room for sin and so that I am growing in faith each day.