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Now unto the Kingo eternal, immortalp, invisibleq, the only wiser God, be honors and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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Psa. 10:16• ¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land. (Psa. 10:16)

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1 Tim. 6:15‑16• ¹⁵which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;
¹⁶who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:15‑16)

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John 1:18• ¹⁸No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared him. (John 1:18)

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Rom. 16:27• ²⁷the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Rom. 16:27)

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1 Chron. 29:11• ¹¹Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all; (1 Chron. 29:11)

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the King.

1 Tim. 6:15‑16• ¹⁵which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;
¹⁶who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:15‑16)

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Psa. 10:16• ¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land. (Psa. 10:16)

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Psa. 45:1,6• ¹To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction;--a song of the Beloved. My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
⁶Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom: (Psa. 45:1,6)

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Psa. 47:6‑8• ⁶Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!
⁷For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.
⁸God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. (Psa. 47:6‑8)

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Psa. 90:2• ²Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art *God. (Psa. 90:2)

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Psa. 145:13• ¹³Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion is throughout all generations. (Psa. 145:13)

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Jer. 10:10• ¹⁰But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation. (Jer. 10:10)

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Dan. 2:44• ⁴⁴And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever. (Dan. 2:44)

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Dan. 7:14• ¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Dan. 7:14)

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Mic. 5:2• ²(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.) (Mic. 5:2)

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Mal. 1:14• ¹⁴Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations. (Mal. 1:14)

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Matt. 6:13• ¹³and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil. (Matt. 6:13)

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Matt. 25:34• ³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation: (Matt. 25:34)

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Rom. 1:23• ²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. (Rom. 1:23)

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Heb. 1:8‑13• ⁸but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
⁹Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions.
¹⁰And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
¹¹They shall perish, but *thou* continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
¹²and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but *thou* art the Same, and thy years shall not fail.
¹³But as to which of the angels said he ever, Sit at my right hand until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet? (Heb. 1:8‑13)

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Rev. 17:14• ¹⁴These 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 called, and chosen, and faithful. (Rev. 17:14)

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Rev. 19:16• ¹⁶And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. (Rev. 19:16)

invisible.

John 1:18• ¹⁸No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared him. (John 1:18)

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Rom. 1:20• ²⁰--for from the world's creation the invisible things of him are perceived, being apprehended by the mind through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,--so as to render them inexcusable. (Rom. 1:20)

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Col. 1:15• ¹⁵who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation; (Col. 1:15)

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Heb. 11:27• ²⁷By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible. (Heb. 11:27)

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1 John 4:12• ¹²No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. (1 John 4:12)

the only.

Rom. 16:27• ²⁷the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Rom. 16:27)

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Jude 25• ²⁵to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen. (Jude 25)

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1 Chron. 29:11• ¹¹Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all; (1 Chron. 29:11)

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Neh. 9:5• ⁵And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let men bless the name of thy glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. (Neh. 9:5)

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Psa. 41:13• ¹³Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen. (Psa. 41:13)

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Psa. 57:11• ¹¹Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth! (Psa. 57:11)

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Psa. 72:18‑19• ¹⁸Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things!
¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen. (Psa. 72:18‑19)

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Psa. 106:48• ⁴⁸Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah! (Psa. 106:48)

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Dan. 4:34,37• ³⁴And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
³⁷Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:34,37)

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Eph. 3:20‑21• ²⁰But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,
²¹to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen). (Eph. 3:20‑21)

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1 Peter 5:11• ¹¹to him be the glory and the might for the ages of the ages. Amen. (1 Peter 5:11)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

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Rev. 4:8‑11• ⁸And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.
⁹And when the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanksgiving to him that sits upon the throne, who lives to the ages of ages,
¹⁰the twenty-four elders shall fall before him that sits upon the throne, and do homage to him that lives to the ages of ages; and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
¹¹Thou art worthy, O our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and power; for *thou* hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created. (Rev. 4:8‑11)

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Rev. 5:9‑14• ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
¹⁰and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.
¹¹And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands;
¹²saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
¹³And every creature which is in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth, and those that are upon the sea, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages.
¹⁴And the four living creatures said, Amen; and the elders fell down and did homage. (Rev. 5:9‑14)

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Rev. 7:12• ¹²saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and strength, to our God, to the ages of ages. Amen. (Rev. 7:12)

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Rev. 19:1,6• ¹After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of our God:
⁶And I heard as a voice of a great crowd, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty has taken to himself kingly power. (Rev. 19:1,6)

Amen.

Matt. 6:13• ¹³and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil. (Matt. 6:13)

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Matt. 28:20• ²⁰teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, *I* am with you all the days, until the completion of the age. (Matt. 28:20)

• Not now merely as the basest rivals may have been, but "to the ages of the ages"—time without end. (“On 1 Timothy 1:12-17” by W. Kelly)

• Paul, when zealous for the law, was simply a man of the present age, seeking to maintain the age of the law. God is the "King of the ages" Who is acting in sovereign grace for His own glory throughout the ages of ages. (“The Charge and Its End: 1 Timothy 1” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.

W. Kelly Translation

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Now to him who is King of the agesa, incorruptible, invisible, onlyb God, [be] honour and glory unto the ages of ages. Amen.

WK Translation Notes

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"King of the ages," seems preferable to "King eternal" in the text.

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"Wise" is an interpolation here. In {vi 28364}{/vi} it is right and most suitable. There might be all these pretenders, these gods many and lords many that Paul knew very well among the Gentiles, and Timothy also, and particularly at this very Ephesus where Timothy seems to have been at this very time. There was the famous temple called the temple of Diana. Artemis is the proper word, for Diana was a Roman goddess, and Artemis was a Grecian goddess quite of a different nature, although there were kindred lies about the two. Here, therefore, in Timothy the apostle presented with great propriety and beauty "the only God." Bringing in the "wise" God introduces quite another idea which does not fall in with the context, it does not agree with it properly.