Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Timothy 1:14

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1 Timothy1:14

14. And--Greek, "But." Not only so (was mercy shown me), but

the grace--by which "I obtained mercy" (1Ti 1:13).

was exceeding abundant--Greek, "superabounded." Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Ro 5:20).

with faith--accompanied with faith, the opposite of "unbelief" (1Ti 1:13).

love--in contrast to "a blasphemer, persecutor, and injurious."

which is in Christ--as its element and home [Alford]: here as its source whence it flows to us.

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