Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Of me Paul with mine own hand (th emh xeiri Paulou). Instrumental case xeiri. Note genitive Paulou in apposition with possessive idea in the possessive pronoun emh. Paul had dictated the letter, but now wrote the salutation in his hand.
The token in every epistle (shmeion en pash epistolh). Mark (verse II Thessalonians 3:14) and proof of the genuineness of each epistle, Paul's signature. Already there were spurious forgeries (II Thessalonians 2:2). Thus each church was enabled to know that Paul wrote the letter. If only the autograph copy could be found!
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Thessalonians 3:17:
Romans 16:22
1 Corinthians 16:21
2 Corinthians 13:13
Galatians 6:11
Colossians 4:18
1 Thessalonians 1:1
2 Thessalonians 3:7
Philemon 1:19
1 Peter 5:12
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