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OET (OET-LV) The grace of_the master of_us, Yaʸsous chosen_one/messiah, with the spirit of_you_all be.
Truly.
OET (OET-RV) May the grace of our master Yeshua the messiah be with the spirit of you all there. May it be so.
In verses 22–25 Paul wrote to the group of Christians who were with Philemon. So he used “you (plur)” in these verses as he did in verse 3. But in the main Sections of the letter (verses 4–21) he used “you (singular)” rather than “you (plur).” This is one thing that shows that verses 1–3 and verses 22–25 are separate from the other Sections of the letter. So verses 22–25, as a unit, are also a Section that is separate from the other parts of the letter.
After making his main point in the letter in verses 8–21, Paul finished the letter with a few final words in verses 22–25. He asked Philemon to prepare a guest room for him (verse 22), because he hoped that God would answer the prayers of the Christians at Colosse by allowing him to visit them again. Then Paul sent greetings to Philemon from five Christian friends who were there with Paul (verses 23–24). These peoples’ names are also in Colossians 4:10–14. Finally, Paul ended the letter with a Christian blessing (verse 25).
Read verses 22–25 carefully in the BSB and the GNT.
Read verse 25 again.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
¶ May our(incl) Lord Jesus Christ bless you all.
grace: See notes on verse 3. Paul said again that he wanted the Lord to help and bless Paul’s fellow Christians at Colosse, and he prayed for this. Verse 25 shows the way Paul ended many of his letters. (See 1 Corinthians 16:23, Colossians 4:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:28.)
be with your spirit: This does not refer to some spirit that was separate from the Christians Paul was writing to. He was talking about the people themselves. It is another way of saying “be with you.” The word your is plural and shows that Paul wanted this grace or blessing to be with all the Christians at Colosse. Also the word spirit is singular (meaning “one spirit”). Paul was writing to them as one group of God’s united people.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετά τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν Ἀμήν)
The words your spirit are a synecdoche and represent the people themselves. Paul is referring to Philemon and all who met in his house.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετά τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν Ἀμήν)
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun grace with an adjective or verb. Alternate translation: [May our Lord Jesus Christ be gracious to you and] or [May our Lord Jesus Christ be kind to you and]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / you
ὑμῶν
˱of˲_you_all_‹be›
The word your here is plural and refers to Philemon and all who met in his house. Alternate translation: [your spirits]
OET (OET-LV) The grace of_the master of_us, Yaʸsous chosen_one/messiah, with the spirit of_you_all be.
Truly.
OET (OET-RV) May the grace of our master Yeshua the messiah be with the spirit of you all there. May it be so.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.