The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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PARTING WORDS.
XIIL-22. But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation:
for I have written unto you in a few words.
23. Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with
whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
24. Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They
of Italy salute you.
25. Grace be with you all. Amen.
THESE closing verses are so entirely in the spirit of Paul, that
involuntarily we feel as if we were listening to him. The
mention of a Timothy, of his deliverance and of the hope of
accompanying him, the greeting to the rulers in the Church
and to all the saints, the greetings from the saints of Italy,
and the final benediction, all remind us of what we find in his
Epistles.
I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation.
Ere the writer closes, one more word of exhortation, and that is,
to bear, to submit to and accept the exhortation he has sent
them. The word he uses means both admonition or reproof
(so xii. 5), and encouragement (so vi. 18). The Epistle has com
bined both elements most remarkably. In the five warnings,
and in its hortatory parts, its tone has been one of faithful