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17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:17

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 12-17)

Here the apostle, I. Returns thanks to Jesus Christ for putting him into the ministry. Observe, 1. It is Christ’s work to put men into the ministry, Acts 26:16 , 17 . God condemned the false prophets among the Jews in these words, I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied , Jer. 23:21. Ministers, properly speaking, cannot make themselves ministers...

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