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"I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand." Is that sentence in the Bible, word for word?

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The answer

In the Bible, word for word, at 1 Corinthians 16:21. Philemon 1:19 has the same move: "I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand." Paul dictated his letters and added a line in his own hand at the close.

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Why it’s interesting

Galatians does the same thing without giving his name: "See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand!" (Galatians 6:11). A close in the sender's own hand was how a reader knew a letter was genuine.

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