I Timothy 1:11
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that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
Commentaries
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According to the glorious gospel--The Christian's freedom from the law as a sanctifier, as well as a justifier, implied in the previous, Ti1 1:9-10, is what this Ti1 1:11 is connected with. This exemption of the righteous from the law, and assignment of it to the lawless as its true object, is "according to the Gospel of the glory (so the Greek, compare Note, see on Co2 4:4) of the blessed God." The Gospel manifests God's glory (Eph 1:17; Eph 3:16) in accounting "righteous" the believer, through the righteousness of Christ, without "the law" (Ti1 1:9); and in imparting that righteousness whereby he loathes all those sins against which (Ti1 1:9-10) the law is directed. The term, "blessed," indicates at once immortality and supreme happiness. The supremely blessed One is He from whom all blessedness flows. This term, as applied to GOD, occurs only here and in Ti1 6:15 : appropriate in speaking here of the Gospel blessedness, in contrast to the curse on those under the law (Ti1 1:9; Gal 3:10). committed to my trust--Translate as in the Greek order, which brings into prominent emphasis Paul, "committed in trust to me"; in contrast to the kind of law-teaching which they (who had no Gospel commission), the false teachers, assumed to themselves (Ti1 1:8; Tit 1:3).
Open source ↗After the inscription (Ti1 1:1, Ti1 1:2) we have, I. The charge given to Timothy (Ti1 1:3, Ti1 1:4). II. The true end of the law (Ti1 1:5-11), where he shows that it is entirely agreeable to the gospel. III. He mentions his own call to be an apostle, for which he expresses his thankfulness (Ti1 1:12-16) IV. His doxology (Ti1 1:17). V. A renewal of the charge to Timothy (Ti1 1:18). And of Hymenaeus and Alexander (Ti1 1:19, Ti1 1:20).
Open source ↗1:11 Titus 2:11-14 gives a fuller version of Paul’s idea here.
Open source ↗Original language
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In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.