What Does 1 Corinthians 16:24 Mean in the King James?

My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

1 Corinthians 16:24 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The Greek word for love belongs to the same word family as “beloved,” and this love is named for all.

THE MEANING

Love accompanies the whole community in Christ Jesus; the sentence extends its reach to all. This is love expressed as a bond of belonging, not something held privately by one person. “Amen” gives the words a firm close.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The belief that love belongs only to a select few is undone by the verse’s explicit reach to “you all.”

THE ROOT

ἀγάπη

agapē

GROWS FROM

ἀγαπ-

The Greek word family for loving and holding dear.

English “love” can sound like a private feeling, but the Greek word belongs to a family that also names the one who is beloved. Here it is directed toward all, as a bond shared within Christ Jesus.

ALSO GROWS

agapaō: to love, hold dear

ἀγαπάω

This verb shares the ⁨ἀγαπ-⁩ family and shows love as a relation between people, not merely a feeling kept inside.

agapētos: beloved, dear

ἀγαπητός

This adjective shares the same family and names someone as the recipient of love, echoing the verse’s inclusion of all.

THE PATTERN

Love reaches people as a presence that draws them into relationship and holds them together.

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Jeremiah 31:3 · KJVLove appears as a drawing presence that brings the beloved near.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Colossians 3:14 · KJVLove is named as the bond holding people together.

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:39 · KJVLove remains present in Christ Jesus, beyond anything that could separate people from it.

THE THREAD

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:11 · KJV

This verse shares the Greek word family for love, ⁨ἀγαπ-⁩, and the phrase “shall be with you” echoes “be with you all.” Together they show love as a presence among people, not only a feeling named in passing.

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