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10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is1 contrary to sound doctrine,  
11 according to the glorious gospel of the ablessed God which was bcommitted to my trust.  

Glory to God for His Grace

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has aenabled me, bbecause He counted me faithful, cputting me into the ministry,  
13 although aI was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an1 insolent man; but I obtained mercy because bI did it ignorantly in unbelief.  
14 aAnd the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, bwith faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.  
15 aThis is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that bChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.  
16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
17 Now to athe King eternal, bimmortal, cinvisible, to God dwho alone is wise, ebe honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.  

Fight the Good Fight

18 This1 charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Timothy 1:12

The honor done him in having the Gospel ministry committed to him suggests the digression to what he once was, no better (I Timothy 1:13) than those lawless ones described above (I Timothy 1:9-10), when the grace of our Lord (I Timothy 1:14) visited him.

And—omitted in most (not all) of the oldest manuscripts.

I thank—Greek, "I have (that is, feel) gratitude."

enabled me—the same Greek verb as in Acts 9:22, "Saul increased the more in strength." An undesigned coincidence between Paul and Luke, his companion. Enabled me, namely, for the ministry. "It is not in my own strength that I bring this doctrine to men, but as strengthened and nerved by Him who saved me" [THEODORET]. Man is by nature "without strength" (Romans 5:6). True conversion and calling confer power [BENGEL].

for that—the main ground of his "thanking Christ."

he counted me faithful—He foreordered and foresaw that I would be faithful to the trust committed to me. Paul's thanking God for this shows that the merit of his faithfulness was due solely to God's grace, not to his own natural strength (I Corinthians 7:25). Faithfulness is the quality required in a steward (I Corinthians 4:2).

putting me into—rather as in I Thessalonians 5:9, "appointing me (in His sovereign purposes of grace) unto the ministry" (Acts 20:24).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Timothy 1:12:

2 Corinthians 4:1
Philippians 4:13
1 Thessalonians 2:4
1 Timothy 2:7

 

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