1Ti 1:14 | JFB | STEP | 14. And-- Greek, "But." Not only so (was mercy shown me), but the grace-- by which "I obtained mercy" ( ). was exceeding abundant-- Greek, "superabounded." Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" ( ). with faith-- accompanied with faith, the opposite of "unbelief" ( ). 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.

‏ 1 Timothy 1:14

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.