Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Timothy 1:11

"according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust." — 1 Timothy 1:11 (ASV)

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, in its great principles, accords with the law, or is in harmony with it.

The law, in principle, forbids all that the gospel forbids. Therefore, in publishing the requirements of the gospel, Paul says that the law really forbade all that 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 simply carrying out the principles stated in the law.

Those who preach the gospel, then, should not be regarded as opposed to the law. Paul says that those who preached the gospel correctly really stated the true principles of the law. This is evidently intended to counter the false teachers who professed to explain the law of Moses. He means here that if anyone wished to explain the law, the best explanation would be found in that gospel which he was commissioned to publish .

Of the blessed God. The gospel was revealed by the blessed God—the same God who was the Author of the law. Which was committed to my trust. This gospel was not committed to Paul alone, but to him in common with others; he had received it directly from the Lord (1 Corinthians 9:17).