1 Timothy 6:15 (WEB)
which at the right time he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Catechism · 1
“In the newness of the Spirit, they also composed hymns and canticles in the light of the unheard - of event that God accomplished in his Son: his Incarnation, his death which conquered death, his Resurrection, and Ascension to the right hand of the Father.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Phil 2:6-11; Col 1:15-20; Eph 5:14; 1 Tim 3:16; 6:15-16; 2 Tim 2:11-13.
Fathers and councils · 11
Cyril of Jerusalem
“To Whom be glory, honour, and power for ever and ever.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 15, 16.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Although it is written concerning God, “Blessed and only Potentate,” yet I have no misgiving that the Son of God is thereby severed from Him, seeing that the Scripture entitled God, not the Father by Himself, the “only Potentate.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 15.
Read the whole comment“…nor Son, for the Godhead of the Father and the Son is one and the same, and therefore separate them not, when you read the words “blessed and only Potentate,” for the words are spoken of God, even as you may read: “I charge thee before God, Who quickeneth all things.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 15.
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Jerome
“We may well grieve over the loss of our common friends and ask Christ the only potentate and Lord to have mercy upon them.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 15.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Amen.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 13, 14, 15, 16
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Basil the Great
“…Spirit will not, as some suppose, have no functions to discharge: on the contrary, even in the day of His revelation, in which the blessed and only potentate will judge the world in righteousness, the Holy Spirit will be present with Him.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Amen.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 14–16
Read the whole comment“…the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 15, 16
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For no longer now do we die as subject to condemnation; but as men who rise from the dead we await the general resurrection of all, “which in its own times He shall show,” even God, Who has also wrought it, and bestowed it upon us.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 15.
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Tertullian
“…until the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ: which in His times He shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,” speaking of (Him as) God.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 14, 15, 20.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…alone has power, because Paul has said, Which in His own times He shall shew to us, Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 15.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.
Cited together in Letters Letter 139.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.8.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §9.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.8.