1 Timothy 3:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

without controversy. confessedly. Greek. homologoumenos. Only here.

great. Emph.

godliness. See 1 Timothy 2:2.

God. The Revised Version prints "He Who", and adds in margin, " Theos (God) rests on no sufficient evidence". The probability is that the original rending was ho (which), with the Syric and all the Latin Versions, to agree with musterion (neut.) The Greek uncial being O, some scribe added the letter s, making OC (He Who), which ho thought made better sense. Later another put. ark in this O, making the word OC, the contraction for OEOC, God. This mark in Codex A, in the British Museum, is said by some to be in different ink.

was manifest. App-106.

the. Omit.

justified. App-191.

Spirit. App-101.

seen. App-106.

preached. App-121.

unto. among. Greek. en. App-104.

believed on. App-150.

world. App-129.

received up. Same word as Mark 16:19; Acts 1:2; Acts 1:11; Acts 1:22.

Into. in. Greek. en.

glory, See p. 1611.

1 Timothy 3:16

16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.