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1 Timothy 1:14

1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant,.... That is, the love of Jehovah the Father; so the Ethiopic version reads, "the grace of God"; of God the Father, since he is distinguished in the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant - That is, in his conversion under these circumstances and in the aid which was afterward imparted to him in his work. With faith and love which is in…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant - The original is very emphatic, that grace of our Lord, ὑπερεπλεονασε, hath superabounded - it manifested itself in a way of extraordinary mercy.

With…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Timothy 1:12-17

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, Act 26:16, Act 26:17. God condemned the false…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant -Overflowed its wonted channels," and a stream of faith and love in me, having Jesus Christ for its source and life, flowed side by side withthis full…