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1 Timothy 1

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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope; to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine, and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith— but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith, from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking, desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm. But we know that the law is good, if a person uses it lawfully, as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service; although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith, of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

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1 Timothy 1:11

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"According to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust." Thus the Law is still necessary for the confirmation of the Gospel, yet to those who obey it is unnecessary. And he calls the Gospel "glorious." There were some who were ashamed of its persecutions, and of the sufferings of Christ, and so for the sake of these, as well as for others, he has called it "the glorious Gospel," thus showing that the sufferings of Christ are our glory. And perhaps he glances too at the future. …

Homily on 1 Timothy 2 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

So connect this passage with the words: "contrary to sound doctrine" (1 Tim. 1:10), which is "according to the gospel." And he calls it the gospel of glory for the sake of those who are ashamed of persecutions and the sufferings of Christ, showing that both the sufferings of Christ and persecutions constitute the glory of Christ. Or else the apostle calls the Gospel the gospel of glory because he hints at the future glory. For if, he says, our present state is full of shame, the future one is glorious. …

Commentary on 1 Timothy ↗

Oecumenius

According to the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to me. according to the Gospel of glory. But what is sound doctrine? It is that which is according to the Gospel of God. That Gospel is called the Gospel of glory, because through it Christ, who chose the cross, is most glorified. Since Paul said, "which was committed to me," (1 Tim. 1:11) so that he might not seem to boast, he attributes everything to God, and he says, "I have grace because He has given me this power," for the Gospel to be entirely believed.

Commentary On 1 Timothy ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Then when he says, which is according to the Gospel, he shows that the Gospel spreads sound doctrine, which is described from three things: first, from the end when he says, of the glory, which it announces: declare his glory among the gentiles (Ps 95:3); second, from the author of glory, when he says, of the blessed God: which in his times he shall show who is the blessed and only mighty, the king of kings and the lord of lords (1 Tim 6:15). …

Commentary on 1 Timothy ↗