1Cor 16:20 | RWP | e4.org | With a holy kiss ( εν φιληματ αγιω ). In the synagogue men kissed men and women kissed women. This was the Christian custom at a later date and apparently so here. See ; ; ; . It seems never to have been promiscuous between the sexes.

‏ 1 Corinthians 16:20

With a holy kiss ( εν φιληματ αγιω ). In the synagogue men kissed men and women kissed women. This was the Christian custom at a later date and apparently so here. See 1Th 5:26; 2Co 13:12; Ro 3:8; 1Pe 5:14. It seems never to have been promiscuous between the sexes.