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Now to the power of God supreme Salvation by grace in Christ, 2 Tim. 1. 9 10

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 137, under 2 Timothy 1:9–10.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 137

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 5 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

2 Timothy 1:9–10 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 5 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

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STANZA I

Now to the power of God supreme

Be everlasting honours given,

He saves from hell, (we bless his Name)

He calls our wandering feet to heaven.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under 2 Timothy 1:9–10. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. 10And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel, 2 TIMOTHY 1:9–10 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 2 TIMOTHY 1

Jesus the Lord appears at last, And makes his Father's counsels known; Declares the great transactions past, And brings immortal blessings down. STANZA IV

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 137. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 137 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Now to the power of God supreme

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