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1 Timothy 1:17

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1:17Now to the eternal king,22 immortal, invisible, the only23 God, be honor and glory forever and ever!24 Amen.

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1 Timothy 1:17: To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. 22 Or more literally, “king of the ages.”
  2. 23 Most later witnesses (א2 D1 Hc Ψ 1881 𝔐) have “wise” (σόφῳ, sōphō) here (thus, “the only wise God”), while the earlier and better witnesses (א* A D* F G H* 33 1739 lat co) lack this adjective. Although it could be argued that the longer reading is harder since it does not as emphatically affirm monotheism, it is more likely that scribes borrowed σόφῳ from Rom 16:27 where μόνῳ σόφῳ θεῷ (monō sophō theō, “the only wise God”) is textually solid.
  3. 24 Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

NLTNew Living Translation

All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now to the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, to the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.