1 Corinthians 16:24

Love. What more beautiful benediction could follow the severe denunciation of those who reject the love of God! This epistle, which contains much that might be regarded as rather harsh in its plain treatment of certain abuses in the church, is closed with an expression of love and of interest in the eternal welfare of the recipients of the letter.

The postscript following v. 24 appears in no early manuscript. Its contents are incorrect, at least in part, for they give the place of writing as “Philippi,” whereas the epistle itself gives the place of origin as Ephesus (ch. 16:8), although the postscript in one 9th-century uncial manuscript (P) reads “from Ephesus” instead of “from Philippi.” Inasmuch as the information concerning the place of writing is wrong, it raises a question as to whether Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus were the bearers of the letter to Corinth (see on v. 17). The postscript was a later editorial addition, not part of the original inspired record.