1Ti 6:16 | RWP | e4.org | Who only hath immortality ( ο μονος εχων αθανασιαν ). "The one who alone has immortality." Αθανασια ( αθανατος , α privative and θανατος ), old word, in N.T. only here and . Domitian demanded that he be addressed as " Dominus et Deus noster ." Emperor worship may be behind the use of μονος (alone) here. Unapproachable ( απροσιτον ). See . Late compound verbal adjective ( α privative, προσ, ιενα , to go). Here only in N.T. Literary Koine word. Nor can see ( ουδε ιδειν δυνατα ). See αορατον in and also ; . The "amen" marks the close of the doxology as in .

‏ 1 Timothy 6:16

Who only hath immortality ( ο μονος εχων αθανασιαν ). "The one who alone has immortality." Αθανασια ( αθανατος, α privative and θανατος ), old word, in N.T. only here and 1Co 15:53f. Domitian demanded that he be addressed as "Dominus et Deus noster." Emperor worship may be behind the use of μονος (alone) here.

Unapproachable ( απροσιτον ). See Ps 104:2. Late compound verbal adjective ( α privative, προσ, ιενα, to go). Here only in N.T. Literary Koine word.

Nor can see ( ουδε ιδειν δυνατα ). See αορατον in Col 1:15 and also Joh 1:18; Mt 11:27. The "amen" marks the close of the doxology as in 1:17.