The second attribute in the description of God, is his wisdom; he is said to be wise, and only wise. See the like, 1 Timothy 1:17 Judges 1:25. So he is said to be only true, 1 Thessalonians 17:3, and to be the only Potentate, 1 Timothy 6:15, and only to have immortality, 1 Timothy 6:16. And this doth not exclude the wisdom of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, but the wisdom of the creatures. He is said to be only wise, because none is as wise as he, and all the wisdom of others is from him; the wisdom of men and angels is but a ray from his light. Again, he is said to be only wise, because he is originally wise; his wisdom is of himself; yea, his wisdom is himself. Be glory through Jesus Christ for ever: here he ascribes eternal glory to God. You had the same before, Romans 11:36. Only here is added, through Jesus Christ, to show that our praise and thanksgiving is accepted of God through him: see Romans 1:7 Ephesians 3:20,21. Amen: this word is six times before used in this Epistle; Romans 1:25 Romans 9:5, Romans 11:36 15:33 16:20,24. It is a Hebrew word, but retained in all languages. It cannot be translated without losing much of its weight. It may be taken three ways:
1. As a name, and so it is a name of Christ, Revelation 3:14.
2. As an adverb: so it is used in the beginning of speech, and signifies verily; or in the end of speech, and so it notes assent. Therefore it was used of old by the Jews, not only at prayer, but at all the sermons and expositions of their rabbins, to testify that they assented and agreed to all that they taught: see 1 Corinthians 14:16.
3. As a verb; and so it is as much as: So be it, having the nature of a prayer: hence Jeremiah said Amen to the prophecy of Hananiah, though false, concerning the sudden return from the Babylonish captivity, to show how earnestly he desired it might be so, Jeremiah 28:6. Written to the Romans from Corinthus, (and sent) by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea. This was not added by the apostle Paul, nor by Tertius his amanuensis, but by a later and unknown hand; yet there is nothing in the Epistle itself, nor in any ancient or modern writer, that may induce us to question the verity thereof.