1 TIMOTHY 1:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. — this doxology ascribes to God alone the attributes of eternality, incorruptibility, and invisibility, establishing monotheistic conviction as the foundation for all subsequent ethical and doctrinal instruction. The formula marks liturgical solemnity.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 1:17
For these things, then, we glorify not the Son only, but the Father. Here let us argue with the heretics. Speaking of the Father, he says, “To the only God.” Is the Son then not God? “The only immortal.” Is the Son then not immortal? Or does He not possess that Himself, which hereafter He will give to us? Yes, they say, He is God and immortal, but not such as the Father. What then? Is He of inferior essence, and therefore of inferior immortality? What then is a greater and a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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