Keywords and meanings for Paul's greeting
-grace: charis – divine favor, loving-kindness, favorable regard
-mercy: eleos – compassion, pity
-peace: eirene – welfare
-the first two: grace and mercy are acts of God
-grace describes God’s attitude toward the lawbreaker and rebel
-mercy is God’s attitude toward those who are in distress
-the third one: peace is the resulting experience
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