Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 16:27

27. To God only wise , be glory through Jesus Christ for ever . Amen .

The Second Attribute in the description of God, is his wisdom. He is said to be wise, and only wise. See the like 1 Tim. 1.17. Iud. 25. So he is said to be only true, Joh. 17.3. and to be the only Potentate, 1 Tim. 6.15. And only to have Immortality, 1 Tim. 6.16. And this doth not exclude the Wisdom of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, but the wisdom of the Creatures. He is said to be only wise, because none is as wise as he; and all the wisdom of others is from Him: the wisdom of Men and Angels is but a ray from his Light. Again, He is said to be only wise, because He is originally wise; His wisdom is of himself; yea, his wisdom is himself.

Here he ascribes eternal glory to God. You had the same before, chap. 11.36. Only here is added, Through Iesus Christ; to shew, That our praise and thanksgiving, is accepted of God through him, vid. cap. 1.7. Eph. 3.20, 21.

This word is six times us'd in this Epistle; cap. 1.25. & 9.5. & 11.36. & 15.33. & 16.20, 27. It is an Hebrew word, but retain'd in all Languages. It cannot be Translated without losing much of its Weight. It may be taken three ways, 1. As a Name, and so it is, a name of Christ, Rev. 3.14. 2. As an adverb, so it is us'd in the beginning of Speech, and signifies verily: or in the end of Speech, and so it notes Assent: Therefore it was us'd of old by the Iewes, not only at Prayer, but at all the Sermons and Expositions of their Rabbins, to testifie that they assented and agreed to all that they Taught, vid. 1 Cor. 14. 16. 3. As a verb, and so it is as much as, so be it, having the nature of a Prayer: Hence Ieremiah said, Amen, to the prophecy of Hananiah; though false, concerning the sudden return from the Babylonish captivity, to shew how earnestly he desired it might be so, Ier. 28.6.