1 Peter 5:14
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Cross-reference
John 20:19 has Jesus greeting His disciples with 'Peace be with you,' echoing the peace Peter commands.
John 20:26 repeats Jesus' 'Peace be with you' greeting, reinforcing the same apostolic peace tradition.
Romans 16:16 also commands a holy kiss as a greeting, directly paralleling Peter's 'kiss of love'.
1 Corinthians 16:20 similarly instructs greeting with a holy kiss, matching the form of Peter's 'kiss of love'.
2 Corinthians 13:12 gives the same command to greet with a holy kiss, reinforcing the early Christian practice.
Ephesians 6:23 closes with a peace benediction for the brothers, parallel to Peter's closing wish.
1 Thessalonians 5:26 repeats the instruction to greet with a holy kiss, showing consistency across Paul's letters.
John 14:27 records Jesus promising His peace to believers, the same peace Peter extends in his greeting.
John 16:33 links peace to overcoming in Christ, grounding the peace Peter wishes for those in Christ.
2 Timothy 4:22 is a closing benediction with 'Grace be with you,' similar to the peace greeting in 1 Peter 5:14. Both are epistolary closings.
3 John 1:14 ends with 'Peace be to you' and greetings, mirroring the closing peace and kiss of love in 1 Peter 5:14. Common epistolary conclusion.
Romans 1:7 extends a peace greeting in Paul's opening, similar to Peter's closing peace here.