1 Timotheus 6:16

16 der allein Unsterblichkeit hat, der ein unzugängliches Licht bewohnt, den keiner der Menschen gesehen hat noch sehen kann, welchem Ehre sei und ewige Macht! Amen.

1 Timotheus 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.

1 Timotheus 6:16 In-Context

14 daß du das Gebot unbefleckt, unsträflich bewahrst bis zur Erscheinung unseres Herrn Jesus Christus,
15 welche zu seiner Zeit zeigen wird der selige und alleinige Machthaber, der König der Könige und Herr der Herren,
16 der allein Unsterblichkeit hat, der ein unzugängliches Licht bewohnt, den keiner der Menschen gesehen hat noch sehen kann, welchem Ehre sei und ewige Macht! Amen.
17 Den Reichen in dem gegenwärtigen Zeitlauf gebiete, nicht hochmütig zu sein, noch auf die Ungewißheit des Reichtums Hoffnung zu setzen, sondern auf Gott, der uns alles reichlich darreicht zum Genuß;
18 Gutes zu tun, reich zu sein in guten Werken, freigebig zu sein, mitteilsam,
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