<p>1:11 <i>In accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God- </i>The language recalls in Jewish terms the glory of God revealed at the giving of the ten commandments. The previous three verses have laboured the point that the Gospel precludes the same things as were forbidden by the ten commandments. The giving of the Gospel is as glorious, in fact far moreso, than the giving of the Law. The would-be Rabbis whom Timothy had to struggle against (:7) were claiming that God's revelation had come to them, and therefore they had authority. Paul's point is that the Gospel in all its glory has been revealed to each one who has faith in it &quot;committed to my trust&quot; is literally 'en-faithed', making each believer no less authoritative than the Rabbis.</p><p><i>Which was committed to my trust</i>- Paul uses a strong and emphatic Greek construction here. The Greek means &lsquo;to me, myself, I, personally&rsquo;. Those raised &lsquo;knowing the truth&rsquo; should pause and reflect whether the wonder of the fact they have been given the Gospel is registering with them as it might. God believes in us; this is why He has graciously called us to know His Truth. Thus when Paul writes in :14 about his own conversion: &ldquo;The grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus&rdquo;, he perhaps means that it was the love and faith of Christ in him, Paul, that was the basis of his being converted by the Lord Jesus. <br />Every time Paul speaks of having been entrusted with the Gospel, he uses the common Greek word for &lsquo;to have faith in&rsquo;; and within the next verses, we find him using the same Greek word again, in the context of our belief in Christ (1 Tim. 1:11,12,16; Gal. 2:7,16). We had faith in the Lord, and He had faith in us, He en-faithed us, with the preaching of the Gospel we have believed in. Here we see the awesome mutuality between a man and his Lord. We have been entrusted with the preaching of the Gospel; the Lord believes in us to do His work.</p>