Tímótaìqiánshū 6:16

16 Jiù shì nà dú yī bù sǐ , zhù zaì rén bùnéng kàojìn de guāng lǐ , shì rén wèicéng kànjian , yĕ shì bùnéng kànjian de , yào jiāng tā xiǎnmíng chūlai . dàn yuàn zūnguì hé yǒngyuǎn de quánnéng , dōu guī gĕi tā . āmén .

Tímótaìqiánshū 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only hath immortality
Angels are immortal, and so are the souls of men, and so will be the bodies of men after the resurrection; but then neither of these have immortality of themselves, they have it from God; who only has it, of himself, originally, essentially, and inderivatively.

Dwelling in that light which no man can approach unto;
in this present, frail, and mortal state; yea, angels themselves cannot bear the lustre of it, but cover their faces with their wings; for God is light itself, as well as clothes himself with light, as with a garment; and is the Father and fountain of lights to all his creatures.

Whom no man hath seen, nor can see:
nowhere but in Christ, at least spiritually and savingly; and that but very imperfectly in the present state: the sin, frailty, and mortality of human nature must be taken away, in order to inherit the kingdom of God, and enjoy the beatific vision of him; which saints in heaven have, who see him as he is, and in such sort as no man now does, or can see him:

to whom [be] honour and power everlasting, Amen.
Which may be considered either as a wish, that such honour, power, and glory might be ascribed unto him, as we supply it; or as an assertion that it is given to him, as it is by the angels, and by the saints in heaven and in earth.

Tímótaìqiánshū 6:16 In-Context

14 Yào shǒu zhè mìnglìng , haó bú diànwū , wú kĕ zhǐzé , zhídào wǒmen de zhǔ Yēsū Jīdū xiǎnxiàn .
15 Dào le rìqī , nà kĕ chēngsòng dú yǒu quánnéng de , wàn wáng zhī wáng , wàn zhǔ zhī zhǔ ,
16 Jiù shì nà dú yī bù sǐ , zhù zaì rén bùnéng kàojìn de guāng lǐ , shì rén wèicéng kànjian , yĕ shì bùnéng kànjian de , yào jiāng tā xiǎnmíng chūlai . dàn yuàn zūnguì hé yǒngyuǎn de quánnéng , dōu guī gĕi tā . āmén .
17 Nǐ yào zhǔfu nàxiē jīnshì fùzú de rén , búyào zì gāo , yĕ búyào yǐkào wú déng de qiáncái . zhǐyào yǐkào nà hòu cì bǎi wù gĕi wǒmen xiǎngshòu de shén .
18 Yòu yào zhǔfu tāmen xíng shàn , zaì hǎo shì shang fùzú , gānxīn shīshĕ , lèyì gōngjǐ rén , ( gōngjǐ huò zuò tǐtiē )
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