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I. That salvation is more clearly revealed than in former ages appeareth in that all the time of the law was but the infancy and nonage of the Church, which then was as a child under tutors and governors; and as a child was initiated in rudiments and elements of Christian religion, and endued with a small measure of knowledge and faith, because the time was not come wherein the mysteries of Christ were unfolded.

II. The Lord (who doth not only by His wisdom order His greatest works, but every circumstance of them) effecteth all His promises and purposes in the due season of them.

III. The manifestation of salvation is to be sought for in the preaching of the Word. Which point is plain, in that the preaching of the Word is an ordinance of God.

1. To make Christ known, in whose name alone salvation is to be had.

2. To beget and confirm faith in the heart, by which alone, as by an hand, we apprehend and apply Him with His merits to our salvation.

(T. Taylor, D. D.)

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KJV: But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

WEB: but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;