17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, …
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; …
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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