Verse 17
17. Now But; as rising from himself, the finite, to God, the infinite, and tracing his salvation to Him.
Unto the King eternal Literally, King of the aeons, or ages. Ellicott says that this phrase should not be diluted into eternal. God is sovereign of the aeons and all they embrace. Yet as they are endless, the idea of eternity is included.
Immortal Rather, incorruptible. All things decay and fade from one aeon into another; the sole, essentially undecaying, One, through the ever-rolling waves of aeons, is the King of aeons.
Invisible The unseen, behind the vail of the seen.
Wise Omitted as a false reading, leaving only God; excluding all polytheism, and recognising one God as one universe.
For ever and ever Εις τους αιωνας των αιωνων , into and throughout the ages of ages. Note, Ephesians 1:10. This, as the other doxologies of St. Paul, marks the terminus of a climax of thought.
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