1 Timothée 6:16

16 qui seul possède l'immortalité, qui habite une lumière inaccessible, que nul homme n'a vu ni ne peut voir, à qui appartiennent l'honneur et la puissance éternelle. Amen!

1 Timothée 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 Timothée 6:16 In-Context

14 de garder le commandement, et de vivre sans tache, sans reproche, jusqu'à l'apparition de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ,

15 que manifestera en son temps le bienheureux et seul souverain, le roi des rois, et le Seigneur des seigneurs,

16 qui seul possède l'immortalité, qui habite une lumière inaccessible, que nul homme n'a vu ni ne peut voir, à qui appartiennent l'honneur et la puissance éternelle. Amen!

17 Recommande aux riches du présent siècle de ne pas être orgueilleux, et de ne pas mettre leur espérance dans des richesses incertaines, mais de la mettre en Dieu, qui nous donne avec abondance toutes choses pour que nous en jouissions.

18 Recommande-leur de faire du bien, d'être riches en bonnes oeuvres, d'avoir de la libéralité, de la générosité,