I Timothy 1:14
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And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries
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And--Greek, "But." Not only so (was mercy shown me), but the grace--by which "I obtained mercy" (Ti1 1:13). was exceeding abundant--Greek, "superabounded." Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Rom 5:20). with faith--accompanied with faith, the opposite of "unbelief" (Ti1 1:13). love--in contrast to "a blasphemer, persecutor, and injurious." which is in Christ--as its element and home [ALFORD]: here as its source whence it flows to us.
Open source ↗After the inscription (Ti1 1:1, Ti1 1:2) we have, I. The charge given to Timothy (Ti1 1:3, Ti1 1:4). II. The true end of the law (Ti1 1:5-11), where he shows that it is entirely agreeable to the gospel. III. He mentions his own call to be an apostle, for which he expresses his thankfulness (Ti1 1:12-16) IV. His doxology (Ti1 1:17). V. A renewal of the charge to Timothy (Ti1 1:18). And of Hymenaeus and Alexander (Ti1 1:19, Ti1 1:20).
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Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.