Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Ver. 17. Invisible] God is too subtle for sinew or sight to bear upon. We can but see his back parts and live; we need see no more, that we may live.
Now unto the King immortal] Paul cannot mention the great work of our redemption without a thankful acclamation. The Grecians being restored to liberty by the Roman general Quintus Flaminius, he was entertained by them with such applauses and acclamations, while they roared out Saviour, Saviour, that the very birds that flew over them, astonished with the noise, fell to the ground. When Hunniades had overthrown Mosites, the Turk's general, at his return from the camp, some called him the father, some the defender of his country; the soldiers, their invincible general; the captives, their deliverer; the women, their protector.
The only wise God] The temple of Sophia in Constantinople is now the Turk's chief mosque, and by them still called Sophia, because they hold, even as we do, that the wisdom of God is incomprehensible.