1 Timothy 1:17

“Now unto the King eternal, etc.] This doxology, or ascription of glory to God, on account of the grace bestowed upon the apostle, may be considered, either as referring to all the three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Spirit, who are the one and only God; and to whom all the attributes of wisdom, power, eternity, immortality, or incorruptibleness, and invisibility, belong; and who are jointly concerned in the grace bestowed upon any of the sons of men. Or else to God the Father, in agreement with a parallel place in ( <451627>Romans 16:27) who is the only true God, in opposition to nominal and fictitious deities, though not to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit; and to whom the several…”

“A suitable conclusion to the beautifully simple enunciation of the Gospel, of which his own history is a living sample or pattern. It is from the experimental sense of grace that the doxology flows [BENGEL]. the King, eternal--literally, "King of the (eternal) ages." The Septuagint translates Exo 15:18, "The Lord shall reign for ages and beyond them." Psa 145:13, Margin, "Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom," literally, "a kingdom of all ages." The "life everlasting" (Ti1 1:16) suggested here "the King eternal," or everlasting. It answers also to "for ever and ever" at the close, literally, "to the ages of the ages" (the countless succession of ages made up of ages). immortal--The oldest…”

“Now unto the king eternal - This ascription of praise is offered to God in view of the mercy which he had shown to so great a sinner. It is the outbreak of that grateful emotion which swelled his bosom, and which would not be denied expression, when Paul recalled his former life and the mercy of God to his soul. It somewhat interrupts indeed the train of his remarks, but the heart was so full that it demanded utterance. It is just an instance of the joy and gratitude which fill the soul of a Christian when he is led along in a train of reflections which conduct him to the recollections of his former sin and danger, and to the fact that he has obtained mercy and has now the hope of heaven.…”

“The King of eternity - A phrase frequent with the Hebrews. How unspeakably sweet is the thought of eternity to believers! 1 Timothy 1:18”

“the King: Ti1 6:15, Ti1 6:16; Psa 10:16, Psa 45:1, Psa 45:6, Psa 47:6-8, Psa 90:2, Psa 145:13; Jer 10:10; Dan 2:44; Dan 7:14; Mic 5:2; Mal 1:14; Mat 6:13, Mat 25:34; Rom 1:23; Heb 1:8-13; Rev 17:14, Rev 19:16 invisible: Joh 1:18; Rom 1:20; Col 1:15; Heb 11:27; Jo1 4:12 the only: Rom 16:27; Jde 1:25 be: Ch1 29:11; Neh 9:5; Psa 41:13, Psa 57:11, Psa 72:18, Psa 72:19, Psa 106:48; Dan 4:34, Dan 4:37; Eph 3:20, Eph 3:21; Pe1 5:11; Pe2 3:18; Rev 4:8-11, Rev 5:9-14, Rev 7:12, Rev 19:1, Rev 19:6 Amen: Mat 6:13, Mat 28:20 1 Timothy 1:18”