1 Timothy 1:17

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Now	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
King	βασιλεῖ basilei	G935	a sovereign (abstractly · noun — dative singular masculine, a title
eternal	αἰώνων, aiōnōn	G165	properly · noun — genitive plural masculine
immortal	ἀφθάρτῳ aphthartō	G862	undecaying (in essence or continuance) · adjective — dative singular masculine
invisible	ἀοράτῳ aoratō	G517	invisible · adjective — dative singular masculine
only	μόνῳ monō	G3441	remaining · adjective — dative singular masculine
wise	σοφῷ sophō	G4680	wise (in a most general application) · adjective — dative singular masculine
God	θεῷ, theō	G2316	figuratively · noun — dative singular masculine, a title
honour	τιμὴ timē	G5092	a value · noun — nominative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
glory	δόξα doxa	G1391	glory (as very apparent) · noun — nominative singular feminine
for	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
ever	αἰῶνας aiōnas	G165	properly · noun — accusative plural masculine
ever	αἰώνων, aiōnōn	G165	properly · noun — genitive plural masculine
Amen	ἀμήν.¶ amēn	G281	properly · interjection — Hebrew

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Cross-references

Ephesians 3:20-21 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 6:15-16 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him…
Revelation 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto t…
1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the ea…
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Psalms 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Here the apostle, I. Returns thanks to Jesus Christ for putting him into the ministry. Observe, 1. It is Christ's work to put men into the ministry, Act 26:16, Act 26:17. God condemned the false prophets among the Jews in these words, I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied, Jer 23:21. Ministers, properly speaking, cannot make themselves ministers; for it is Christ's work, as king and head, prophet and teacher, of his church. 2. Those whom he puts into the ministry he fits for it; whom he calls he qualifies. Those ministers who are no way fit for their work, nor have ability for it, are not of Christ's putting into the ministry, though the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 1:17

A suitable conclusion to the beautifully simple enunciation of the Gospel, of which his own history is a living sample or pattern. It is from the experimental sense of grace that the doxology flows [BENGEL]. the King, eternal--literally, "King of the (eternal) ages." The Septuagint translates Exo 15:18, "The Lord shall reign for ages and beyond them." Psa 145:13, Margin, "Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom," literally, "a kingdom of all ages." The "life everlasting" (Ti1 1:16) suggested here "the King eternal," or everlasting. It answers also to "for ever and ever" at the close, literally, "to the ages of the ages" (the countless succession of ages made up of ages). immortal--The olde…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 1:17

Now unto the King eternal - This burst of thanksgiving and gratitude to God, naturally arose from the subject then under his pen and eye. God has most wondrously manifested his mercy, in this beginning of the Gospel, by saving me, and making me a pattern to all them that shall hereafter believe on Christ. He is βασιλευς των αιωνων, the king of eternities; the eternity a parte ante, and the eternity a parte post; the eternity that was before time was, and the eternity that shall be when time is no more. Therefore, ever living to justify and save sinners, to the end of the world. Immortal - Αφθαρτῳ· Incorruptible - not liable to decay or corruption; a simple uncompounded essence, incapable, t…

The Church Fathers

Fitly did that temporal king and Thy servant once sing of Thee as the King Eternal, saying, Thou art fairer than the children of men, who amongst men art very God and man. But the time would fail us, ages and succeeding generations too, to render unto thee thy fitting salutation as the mother of the King Eternal,
— Methodius of Olympus, Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna

Let us hold firmly that Father and Son and Holy Spirit in their own proper nature, their proper substance, are together and equally invisible. We believe them to be together and equally immortal, together and equally imperishable. There is one place where the apostle states all these things simultaneously, "Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, imperishable, to the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen."
— Augustine of Hippo, Sermons 277.15

It was of Him, too, that he had said in a previous passage: "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to the only God; " so that we might apply even the contrary qualities to the Son Himself-mortality, accessibility-of whom the apostle testifies that "He died according to the Scriptures," and that "He was seen by himself last of all," -by means, of course, of the light which was accessible, although it was not without imperilling his sight that he experienced that light.
— Tertullian, Against Praxeas

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Eternal death — The miserable fate of the wicked in hell (Matt. 25:46; Mark 3:29; Heb. 6:2; 2 Thess. 1:9; Matt. 18:8; 25:41; Jude 1:7). The Scripture as clearly teaches the unending duration of the penal sufferings…
King — Is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited. There were thirty-one kings in Canaan (Josh. 12:9, 24), whom Joshua subdued. Adonibezek…
Timothy, Epistles Of Paul To — The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistle was probably written…
God · Is declared to be: Invisible — Is declared to be: Invisible

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Timothy 1:17

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 1:17

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 1:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Timothy 1:17

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 1:17

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 1:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Timothy 1:17

John Calvin on 1 Timothy 1:14-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Timothy 1:15