25 of the Best Benedictions in the Bible

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Listed below are 25 of the best Benedictions in the Bible to use in your worship services.

Since the following scriptures may contain an incomplete verse and have been removed from their contexts in the NIV Bible, it is up to you to make the final determination if they will properly accomplish the purpose for which you are going to use them. Scriptures that are listed below that are incomplete will have an asterisk after their references.

 

⁴⁹ “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.” Genesis 31:49*

²⁴ “ ‘ “The LORD bless you and keep you; ²⁵ the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; ²⁶ the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’ ” Numbers 6:24-26

⁴ “The LORD be with you!” “The LORD bless you!” Ruth 2:4*

²⁷ “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27

⁷ To all . . . who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 1:7*

¹³ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

³ Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:3

² Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:2

¹⁴ May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14

³ Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Galatians 1:3

² Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:2

¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he [the Father] may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19

² Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2

²³ May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

²⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 1 Thessalonians 5:28

² Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:2

¹⁶ May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, ¹⁷ encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

⁵ May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5

¹⁶ Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. 2 Thessalonians 3:16

¹⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:18

⁴ Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. Titus 1:4*

³ Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philemon 3

²⁵ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Philemon 25

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, ²¹ equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13:20–21

¹ To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: ² Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. Jude 1-2*