1 Timothy 2:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 To which I am appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
  • Rom 10:14 : 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, 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 do not lie.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 Now concerning the things I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
  • Gal 3:9 : 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
  • Ps 111:7 : 7 The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his commandments are sure.
  • Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
  • Eccl 1:12 : 12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 7:27 : 27 Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one to find out the sum.
  • Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity. 9 Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.
  • John 7:35 : 35 Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does he intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles?
  • 1 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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    11To which I am appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

    12For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.

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    1I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

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    1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the acknowledgment of the truth which is in accordance with godliness;

    2In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began;

    3But has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was entrusted to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

  • Col 1:25
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    25Of which I was made a minister, according to the stewardship of God given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;

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    20Now concerning the things I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.

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    2If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

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    11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

    12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

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    7For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

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    13For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

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    7Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

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    2And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

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    3As I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that you might instruct some that they teach no other doctrine,

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    11But I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

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