14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.



Ver. 14. Was exceeding abundant] Hath abounded to flowing over, õðåñåðëåïíáóå , as the sea doth above mole hills. "I will scatter your sins as a mist," saith God, "and they shall be cast into the midst of the sea." Note these two metaphors, and despair, if thou canst. Paul was a blasphemer (and so sinned against the first table), be was also a persecutor (and sinned against the second table), he was injurious (and so came near unto the unpardonable sin), and yet he obtained mercy; albeit his ignorance was not invincible, but of a brave disposition. Cheer up therefore and despond not. There is a pleonasm of free grace for thee in other Scriptures, as Eph_2:7; Rom_5:20, but here is a superpleonasm.