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1 Timothy 6:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.


1 Timothy 6:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 6:1620 words
GreekMeaning
ho
thearticleG3588
μόνοςmonos
aloneadjectiveG3441
ἔχωνechōn
havingverbG2192
ἀθανασίανathanasian
immortalitynounG110
φῶςphōs
in lightnounG5457
οἰκῶνoikōn
dwellingverbG3611
ἀπρόσιτονaprositon
unapproachableadjectiveG676
ὃνhon
whomrelative pronounG3739
εἶδενeiden
has seenverbG3708
οὐδεὶςoudeis
no oneadjectiveG3762
ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
of mennounG444
οὐδὲoude
norwordG3761
ἰδεῖνidein
to seeverbG3708
δύναταιdynatai
is ableverbG1410
to whom berelative pronounG3739
τιμὴtimē
honornounG5092
καὶkai
andwordG2532
κράτοςkratos
dominionnounG2904
αἰώνιονaiōnion
eternaladjectiveG166
ἀμήνamēn
AmenparticleG281
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 6:16

Again he calls God to witness, as he had done a little before, at once to increase his disciple's awe, and to secure his safety, and to show that these were not human commandments, that receiving the commandment as from the Lord Himself, and ever bearing in mind the Witness before Whom he heard it, he may have it more fearfully impressed upon his mind. “I charge you,” he says, “before God, Who quickens all things.” Here is at once consolation in the dangers which awaited…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 18 on First Timothy
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