1 Timothy 2:7

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For this purpose, I was appointed as a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 For this purpose, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power. 8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms this through the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 10:14 : 14 How then can they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching?
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry.
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 And recognizing the grace given to me, James, Cephas, and John, who were esteemed as pillars, gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, so that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Gal 3:9 : 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness that I unceasingly mention you
  • Ps 111:7 : 7 The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
  • Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
  • Eccl 1:12 : 12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 7:27 : 27 'See,' says the Teacher, 'this is what I have discovered, adding one thing to another to understand the scheme of things.'
  • Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!' 9 In addition to being wise, the Teacher continually taught the people knowledge; he carefully considered, explored, and arranged many proverbs. 10 The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and to write words of truth accurately.
  • John 7:35 : 35 At this, the Jews said to one another, 'Where does this man intend to go that we will not be able to find Him? Does He plan to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
  • 1 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which I have been entrusted with. 12 I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service.
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and if He did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others when He brought the flood on the ungodly world,

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  • 2 Tim 1:11-12
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    11For this purpose, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

    12That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms this through the Holy Spirit.

  • Titus 1:1-3
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    1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness.

    2In the hope of eternal life, which the God who does not lie promised before the beginning of time.

    3At the proper time, He revealed His word through preaching, which I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior.

  • Col 1:25
    72%

    25I have become its servant according to the commission God gave me for you, to fully proclaim the word of God,

  • Gal 1:20
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    20Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 1:11-12
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    11in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which I have been entrusted with.

    12I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service.

  • Rom 3:7
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    7If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?

  • Rom 11:13
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    13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry.

  • Eph 3:7-8
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    7Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power.

    8To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

  • 2 Tim 2:2
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    2What you have heard from me through many witnesses, entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.

  • 2 Cor 11:31
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    31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

  • 1 Tim 1:3
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    3Just as I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I went to Macedonia, so that you might command certain people not to teach false doctrines,

  • Gal 1:11
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    11Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting about you to Titus has been found to be true as well.

  • Rom 1:1
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    1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

  • Eph 3:1-2
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    1For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

    2surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

  • Rom 15:16
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    16To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 26:16-17
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    16But rise and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you: to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you.

    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,

  • Gal 2:7-8
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    7On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter was to the circumcised—

    8(For He who worked through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me for mine to the Gentiles)—

  • Phil 1:17-18
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    17The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.

    18What does it matter? Regardless, in every way—whether from false motives or in truth—Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice.

  • Eph 6:20
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    20For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak—not to please people, but to please God, who examines our hearts.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • 1 Cor 4:17
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    17For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

  • 1 Tim 1:15
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    15This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

  • Gal 1:16
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    16to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

  • 2 Tim 4:5
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    5But as for you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

  • Titus 2:10
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    10They must not pilfer but must demonstrate complete faithfulness, so that they may make the teaching of God our Savior attractive in every way.

  • Gal 2:2
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    2I went up because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but I did this privately to those of reputation, so that I might ensure I was not running or had not run in vain.

  • Titus 2:7
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    7In all things, present yourself as an example of good works, with integrity, dignity, and incorruptibility in your teaching.

  • 2 Tim 3:10
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    10But you have closely followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance.

  • Titus 1:5
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    5I left you in Crete for this reason, so that you might set in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you.

  • Rom 12:7
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    7if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12Therefore, I will always remind you about these things, even though you already know them and are established in the truth you now have.