What Does 1 Peter 5:14 Mean in the King James?
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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 kiss joins embodied affection to wholeness spoken over everyone in Christ.
THE MEANING
Love takes a tangible form between people, and the closing words speak wholeness over all who are in Christ. The reader stands within that shared circle now: affection is exchanged, and wholeness reaches everyone there.
THE ROOT
εἰρήνη
eirēnē
GROWS FROM
εἰρην-
Greek lexical stem
wholeness, peace
“peace” in this verse is eirēnē. The closing words speak wholeness over the whole group, not merely quiet or an absence of conflict. The phrase reaches all who are in Christ, making wholeness a shared reality.
ALSO GROWS
eirēneuō: be at peace; live peaceably
εἰρηνεύω
The related verb presents peace as a way people live in relation to one another.
eirēnikos: peaceable
εἰρηνικός
This related form carries the same peace-word family into the character of a person or thing.
φιλήματι
philēmati
GROWS FROM
φιλε-
Greek lexical stem
affection, love
The Greek word for kiss belongs to the same word family as the verb for affection. That makes the greeting an embodied expression of relationship, while the following words speak wholeness across the group.
ALSO GROWS
phileō: love; feel affection
φιλέω
This verb shares the stem behind the word for kiss, linking the gesture to affection.
philos: friend; beloved
φίλος
This related word names someone held in affection, bringing the kiss into the language of relationship.
ἀγάπης
agapēs
GROWS FROM
ἀγαπ-
love
The kiss is qualified by ἀγάπη, love: affection gives the gesture its character. The English word “charity” can sound abstract, while the Greek places love directly inside this greeting.
ALSO GROWS
agapaō: love
ἀγαπάω
This verb belongs to the same word family and names the love expressed in the greeting.
agapētos: beloved
ἀγαπητός
This related form describes someone as loved, connecting the word family to a person within the community.
THE PATTERN
Among those joined in Christ, affection is enacted between people and wholeness is spoken over all.
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.THE THREAD
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.Peter’s closing εἰρήνη (eirēnē, wholeness) is the same Greek word Jesus speaks in John 14:27. Jesus gives that wholeness to his disciples, and Peter speaks it over all in Christ, presenting it as a shared gift.
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