1 TIMOTHY 1:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”
and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus — Christ-centered grace (charis) exceeds the measure of Paul's sin, producing faith and love as its fruit. The abundance metaphor (hyperperisseuō) suggests grace's inexhaustible superabundance.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 1:14
The advantages arising from humility are generally acknowledged, and yet it is a thing not easily to be met with. There is affectation of humble talking enough and to spare, but humbleness of mind is nowhere to be found. This quality was so cultivated by the blessed Paul, that he is ever looking out for inducements to be humble. They who are conscious to themselves of great merits must struggle much with themselves if they would be humble. And he too was one likely to be…
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