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1Pe_5:14. ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλήλους ἐν φιλήματι ἀγάπης ] Paul uses a similar expression, Rom_16:16; 1Co_16:20; 2Co_13:12; 1Th_5:26. The members of the church are by turns to greet one another (not each other in Peter’s name) with the kiss of charity, thus testifying to their brotherly love for each other (see Meyer on 1Co_16:20). Instead of the Pauline: ἐν ἁγίῳ φιλ ., there is here: ἐν φιλ . ἀγάπης , “with the kiss of love,” i.e. the kiss, which is the type and expression of Christian brotherly love.
The final benediction is likewise similar to those in the epistles of Paul; only that in these χάρις stands in the place of εἰρήνη (Eph_6:23-24, both occur; cf. too, 3 John 15). By the addition of τοῖς ἐν Χρ ., the πάντες are designated according to their nature as such, who live in union with Christ, and to whom, therefore, the benediction here pronounced belongs.