Passage
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
Philemon 1:23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
Philemon 1:24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.
Philemon 1:25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
The verse centers on "Spirit", "grace", "lord", "jesus", and "christ". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.
The prior verse says "as do Mark Aristarchus Demas Luke my...", giving immediate footing for "Spirit" and "grace". In Philemon context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "grace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.