1 Timothy 2:7

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“to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.”

— WEB

“Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.”

— KJV

“whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.”

— ASV

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Acts 9:15 "But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel."
2 Timothy 1:11 "For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles."
Romans 9:1 "I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,"
Ephesians 3:7-8 "of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power."
Romans 15:16 "that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gent…"
Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 "“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”"
Galatians 1:20 "Now about the things which I write to you, behold,“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is ofte…"
Galatians 1:16 "to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,"

Commentary

Whereunto--For the giving of which testimony. I am ordained--literally, "I was set": the same Greek, as "putting me," &c. (Ti1 1:12). preacher--literally, "herald" (Co1 1:21; Co1 9:27; Co1 15:11; Ti2 1:11; Tit 1:3). He recurs to himself, as in Ti1 1:16, in himself a living pattern or announcement of the Gospel, so here "a herald and teacher of (it to) the Gentiles" (Gal 2:9; Eph 3:1-12; Col 1:23). The universality of his commission is an appropriate assertion here, where he is arguing to prove that prayers are to be made "for all men" (Ti1 2:1). I speak the truth . . . and lie not--a strong asseveration of his universal commission, characteristic of the ardor of the apostle, exposed to frequent conflict (Rom 11:1; Co2 11:13). in faith and verity--rather, "in the faith and the truth." The sphere in which his ministry was appointed to be exercised was the faith and the truth (Ti1 2:4): the Gospel truth, the subject matter of the faith [WIESINGER].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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