1 Timothy 1:11

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

What does 1 Timothy 1:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
1 Timothy 1:11 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Timothy 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“According to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, etc.] For no doctrine is sound, but what is agreeable to that: this is a very great encomium of the Gospel. The doctrine preached by the apostles was not only Gospel, or good news, and glad tidings, but the Gospel of God; of which he is the author, and which relates to his glory, the glory of all his perfections; which reveals his purposes, shows his covenant, and exhibits the blessings and promises of it; and is the Gospel of the blessed God, who is blessed in himself, and is the fountain of blessedness to others; and particularly he blesses his chosen ones with spiritual blessings, and which are set forth and declared in the Gospel; for…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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,"…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“According to the glorious gospel - The gospel is a system of divine revelation. It makes known the will of God. It states what is duty, and accords in its great principles with the law, or is in harmony with it. The law, in principle, forbids all which the gospel forbids, and in publishing the requirements of the gospel, therefore, Paul says that the law really forbade all which was prohibited in the gospel, and was designed to restrain all who would act contrary to that gospel. There is no contradiction between the law and the gospel. They forbid the same things, and in regard to morals and true piety, the clearer revelations of the gospel are but carrying out the principles stated in the…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“According to the glorious gospel - Which, far from "making void," does effectually "establish, the law." 1 Timothy 1:12”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“1:11 Titus 2:11-14 gives a fuller version of Paul’s idea here.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“According: Rom 2:16 glorious: Psa 138:2; Luk 2:10, Luk 2:11, Luk 2:14; Co2 3:8-11, Co2 4:4, Co2 4:6; Eph 1:6, Eph 1:12, Eph 2:7, Eph 3:10; Pe1 1:11, Pe1 1:12 the blessed: Ti1 6:15 which: Ti1 2:7, Ti1 6:20; Co1 4:1, Co1 4:2, Co1 9:17; Co2 5:18-20; Gal 2:7; Col 1:25; Th1 2:4; Ti2 1:11, Ti2 1:14, Ti2 2:2; Tit 1:3 1 Timothy 1:12”
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