Vincent Word Studies - 1 Timothy 1:11 - 1:11

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According to

The connection is with the whole foregoing statement about the law and its application, 1Ti 1:9 ff. The writer substantiates what he has just said about the law, by a reference to the gospel. Comp. Rom 2:16.

The glorious gospel of the blessed God (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς δόξης τοῦ μακαρίου θεοῦ)

More correctly, the gospel of the glory, etc. The phrase as a whole has no parallel in N.T. The nearest approach to it is 2Co 4:4. Gospel of God is a Pauline phrase; but μακάριος blessed is not used of God by Paul, is not used of God by Paul, nor elsewhere outside of the pastorals, where it occurs twice, here and 1Ti 6:15. For blessed is not used of God by Paul, nor elsewhere outside of the Pastorals, where it occurs twice, here and 1Ti 6:15. For blessed see on Mat 5:3. The appearing of the glory of God in Jesus Christ is the contents of the gospel. Comp. Tit 2:13.

Which was committed to my trust (ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγώ)

Or, with which I was intrusted. Comp Tit 1:3; Rom 3:2; 1Co 9:17; Gal 2:7; 1Th 2:4. The ἐγώ I emphatically asserts the authority of Paul against the “teachers of the law” (1Ti 1:7).