Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:17
17. Charge Again this solemn word, full of admonition to Timothy and to the rich whom he is to address. In this world Who may be millionaires here, and miserable paupers in the world to come. Uncertain The wings with which riches fly away have long lived in proverb, and are so verified in experience as not likely soon to die out. The living God As your riches are a dead god. Richly The apostle repeats in spiritual connexion the words of wealth, rich in good works. Laying up (Greek, ... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:16
16. Only hath immortality So Justin Martyr says: “God is said alone to have immortality, because he has it, not from another’s will, as all other immortals have, but from his own essence.” All other substances disintegrate; all other beings decay and die; it is only as God holds them together, and pours vitality into them, that they are kept in being and life. And we must acknowledge the same dependence upon God for continued existence in a thinking substance, unless we maintain that brutes... read more