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God's Unique Immortality
Commentators stress that when the verse says God "only has immortality," it means His immortality is inherent and self-existent. While angels and human souls are immortal, their immortality is a gift derived from and dependent on God. As John Calvin explains, creatures only "borrow" life from God, who is the ultimate, underived source of all life and being.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 6:16
18th Century
Theologian
Who only has immortality. The word here—ayanasia—properly means exemption from death, and seems to mean that God, in His…
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 6:16
Who only hath immortality (ο μονος εχων αθανασιαν). "The one who alone has immortality." Αθανασια (αθανατος, α privative and θανατ…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 6:16
19th Century
Bishop
Who only has immortality.—The holy angels—the souls of men—are immortal. “But one alone, ‘God,’ can be said to have immortalit…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 6:16
God will “bring about” (lit., “display”; GK 1259) this Second Coming “in his own time.” The return of Christ will be God’s final display to the wor…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 6:16
16th Century
Theologian
Who alone has immortality. Paul labors to demonstrate that there is no happiness, no dignity or excellence, no life, apart from God. Accor…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 6:16
17th Century
Pastor
Who only has immortality
Angels are immortal, and so are the souls of men, and so will be the bodies of men after th…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 6:11–16
17th Century
Minister
It is unbecoming for any men, but especially men of God, to set their hearts on the things of this world; men of God should be occupied with the th…