All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
4. All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with an holy kiss. This addition of the holy kiss he makes only here. What may the reason be? They had been widely at variance with one another on account of their saying, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ; on account of one being hungry, and another drunken; on account of their having contentions and jealousies and suits. And from the gifts there was much envying and great pride. Having then knit them together by his exhortation, he naturally bids them use the holy kiss also as a means of union: for this unites, and produces one body. This is holy, when free from deceit and hypocrisy.
