1 Timothy 1:14 - Exposition

Abounded exceedingly for was exceeding abundant , A.V. Abounded exceedingly ( ὑπερεπλεόνασε ); only here in the New Testament or elsewhere except "in Psalterio Salomonis Psalms 5:1-12 :19, et in fragmento Hermae ap. Fabricium Bibl. Graec., lib. 5. cap. 1" (Schleusuer). But the word is thoroughly Pauline (comp. ὑπεραίρομαι ὑπεραυξάνωὑπερβάλλω ὑπερεκτείνω ὑπερπερισσεύω ὑπεροψόω , and other compounds with ὑπέρ . It is further remarkable, as regards ὑπέρ itself, that of the hundred and fifty-eight times (or thereabouts) that it occurs in the New Testament, one hundred and six are in St. Paul's Epistles, and twelve in the Epistle to the Hebrews, and only forty in all the other books. With faith and love , etc. The grace bestowed upon St. Paul at and after his conversion showed itself in the wonderful faith and love toward Jesus Christ, whom he had previously disbelieved in and reviled, which accompanied that grace ( μετὰ ) and was the fruit of it, and characterized his whole after-life.