Bach wrote the cantata in his fourth year Bach in Leipzig for the 18th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul's thanks for grace of God in Ephesus (1 Corinthians 1:4–8), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:34–46).

Librettist Martin Luther (1483-1546) (partly based on a lost oboe concerto (see BWV 1053R))
Date of composition 1726
Premiered 1726, October 20th in Leipzig, Germany
Dedicated to 18th Sunday after Trinity
Type Sacred Cantata
Tonality D Major
Catalogue BWV 169
Instruments Voice
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben en ré majeur, BWV 169
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben in re maggiore, BWV 169
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben D-dur, BWV 169