1 Timothy 2:7

Contextual Overview

¹ First of all, I ask that you pray for all people. Ask God to bless them and give them what they need. And give thanks. ¹ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, ¹ I exhorte therfore that above all thynges prayers supplicacions intercessions and gevynge of thankes behad for all men: ¹ I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: ¹ First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people, ¹ First, I tell you to pray for all people, asking God for what they need and being thankful to him. ¹ I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; ¹ I exhort therefore, that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks be made for all men; ¹ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, ¹ I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

Bible Verse Review
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I am: 1 Timothy 1:11, 1 Timothy 1:12

a preacher: Ecclesiastes 1:1, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:12, Ecclesiastes 7:27, Ecclesiastes 12:8-10, Romans 10:14, Ephesians 3:7, Ephesians 3:8, 2 Timothy 1:11, 2 Peter 2:5

I speak: Romans 1:9, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 11:31, Galatians 1:20

a teacher: John 7:35, Acts 9:15, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, Acts 26:20, Romans 11:13, Romans 15:16, Galatians 1:16, Galatians 2:9

in faith: Acts 14:27, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:9

verity: Psalms 111:7

Reciprocal: John 3:27 - A man John 15:16 - ordained Acts 13:2 - the work Acts 15:35 - teaching Romans 1:1 - called Romans 12:7 - or he 1 Corinthians 1:1 - an 1 Corinthians 9:1 - I not an 2 Corinthians 11:10 - the truth Galatians 2:7 - the gospel of the uncircumcision Ephesians 3:2 - the dispensation Philippians 1:17 - that Colossians 1:23 - whereof 2 Timothy 2:8 - according Titus 1:3 - which James 3:1 - be 1 John 2:27 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it, which goes in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The third river, named Tigris, flows out of Assyria toward the east. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: which floweth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The third river is named Hiddekel (Tigris); it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
forsothe the name of the thridde ryuer is Tigris, thilke goith ayens Assiriens; sotheli the fourthe ryuer is thilke Eufrates.

Genesis 2:14
and the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel, it [is] that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,.... He was ordained or appointed to be a preacher of the Gospel from all eternity, and was separated or set apart unto it in time, and was put into the ministry of it by Christ himself, and was not a common or ordinary preacher of the word, but an apostle, an extraordinary officer in the Gospel church.

I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not; which are a sort of an oath, or an appeal to Christ the omniscient God, for the truth of what he said, concerning his ordination to the Gospel; see a like phrase in Romans 9:1. The phrase, "in Christ", is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in three of Beza's ancient copies, and in some others, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions;

a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity; the Gospel of the uncircumcision, or which was to be preached to the uncircumcised Gentiles, was committed to this apostle; and his work and ministry lay among them, and therefore he is called the apostle of the Gentiles: and so he was in faith and verity; which may regard the subject matter of his teachings and ministry; it was the faith and truth of the Gospel, even the whole of it, the faith which was once delivered to the saints, and the truth as it is in Jesus; or else the character of the apostle, as a teacher, that he was a true and faithful one, who with all integrity and veracity, fully and faithfully preached the Gospel; and since he was appointed a teacher of it to the Gentiles, this is another argument why they, as well as the Jews, should be prayed for.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereunto - Greek, “Unto which;” that is, to the bearing of which testimony I am appointed.

I am ordained - Greek, “I am placed or constituted” - ἐτέθην etethēn. The word “ordain” has now acquired a technical signification, meaning to set apart solemnly to a sacred office by the imposition of hands; but it has not that meaning here. It does not refer to the manner in which he was set apart, or to any act of others in consecrating him to this work, but merely to the fact that he had been placed in this office, or appointed to it. He refers doubtless to the fact that the Lord Jesus had designated him to this work.

A preacher and an apostle - see the 1 Corinthians 9:1-6 notes; Galatians 1:11-12 notes.

I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not - That is, by Christ; or I solemnly appeal to Christ - a form of an oath; notes, Romans 9:1. Paul makes a solemn declaration similar to this in regard to his call to the apostleship, in Galatians 1:20. For the reasons why he did it, see the notes on that verse. It is probable that there were those in Ephesus who denied that he could be an apostle, and hence his solemn declaration affirming it.

A teacher of the Gentiles - Specially appointed to carry the gospel to the Gentiles or the pagan; see the Romans 11:13 note; Galatians 2:7 note.

In faith and verity - These words mean that he was appointed to instruct the Gentiles in faith and the knowledge of the truth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 7. I am ordained a preacher — I am set apart, ετεθην, appointed. The word does not imply any imposition of hands by either bishop or presbytery, as is vulgarly supposed.

I speak the truth in Christ — As I have received my commission from him, so I testify his truth. I did not run before I was sent; and I speak nothing but what I have received.

A teacher of the Gentiles — Being specially commissioned to preach the Gospel, not to the Jews, but to the nations of the world.

In faith and verity. — Faithfully and truly; preaching the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTH; and this fervently, affectionately, and perseveringly.

Instead of ενπιστει, in faith, the Cod. Alexand. has εν πνευματι, in spirit. "A teacher of the Gentiles in spirit and truth."