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11. κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον κ.τ.λ. This seems to be in connexion with the ‘sound doctrine’ of which the Apostle has just spoken; viz. if there be anything else opposed to the sound doctrine, according to the gospel of the glory &c.
τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς δόξης τοῦ μακαρίου θεοῦ. Cp. the expression τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς δόξης τοῦ Χριστοῦ in 2Co 4:4. In both cases δόξης is the genitive of contents; the import or substance of the good tidings preached is ‘the glory of God,’ which is described in Rom 5:2 as the object of the Christian’s hope (cp. also Tit 2:13). δόξα is in these passages used for a glorious revelation of God, as in Act 7:2; and the meaning of the whole phrase is that, according to the Gospel of the glorious revelation vouchsafed in Jesus Christ, justification comes not through the law. The use of the law is negative, to restrain and punish evildoers; but obedience to it has of itself no justifying efficacy. Cp. Rom 3:20.
τοῦ μακαρίου θεοῦ. This and 1Ti 6:15 are the only two passages either in O.T. or N.T. where μακάριος is applied to God. God is not only εὐλογητός, the Object of His creatures’ blessing, but μακάριος, having in Himself the fulness of bliss (cp. Tit 2:13). So in Homer and Hesiod the gods are called μάκαρες θεοί, and the epithet is frequently used by Philo.
ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγώ. This is characteristically Pauline; cp. Rom 3:2; 1Co 9:17; Gal 2:7; 1Th 2:4; Tit 1:3.