Previously, we reflected with Paul on the meaning of the gospel; now we pause, and worship God for the beauty of a gospel that never gets old. In 1st Timothy 1:17, Paul pauses in his letter to Timothy, and exalts God in poetic praise. In this we are reminded that the glorious realities of the gospel are not information that we move coldly past. Rather, the gospel is eternal power (Rom. 1:16) that calls for daily remembrance, which fuels worship, no matter our circumstance.
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.