Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
For ever and ever ...  This is "the ages of the ages" in the Greek; but all superstitions to the effect that Gnosticism of the second century is implied in these words are unfounded.  As White said, "Bengel's suggestion that there is a polemical reference to the aeons of Gnosticism is fanciful and unnecessary."[38]