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that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
1 Timothy 1:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
  • KJV According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
  • NKJV according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
  • NASB according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
  • NLT that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God.

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Quick answer

Sound doctrine accords with the glorious gospel God entrusted to Paul. It roots all teaching in the good news Paul was commissioned to guard.

Overview

Paul grounds 'sound doctrine' in 'the Good News of the glory of the blessed God.' The gospel is the measure of true teaching, and Paul holds it as a sacred trust. Everything in the letter flows from this entrusted message of God's glory revealed in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • Titus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
  • Gal 2:7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
  • 1 Tim 6:15which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
  • Rom 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
  • 2 Cor 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:18–20All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
  • 2 Tim 1:14Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
  • Eph 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
  • Eph 2:7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
  • Eph 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
  • 1 Cor 4:1–2So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
  • 1 Tim 6:20O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
  • Ps 138:2I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
  • Col 1:25I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
  • 1 Pet 1:11–12trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
  • Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
  • 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Th 2:4Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
  • 2 Cor 3:8–11will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
  • 1 Tim 2:7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
  • Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
  • 1 Cor 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
  • 2 Tim 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
  • Luke 2:10–11But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
  • 2 Tim 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

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Christ at the center

There is 'one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all' — the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh.

How 1 Timothy 1:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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