1 Timothy 2:7

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For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle– I am telling the truth; I am not lying– and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–
  • Rom 10:14 : 14 How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Gal 3:9 : 9 So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
  • Ps 111:7 : 7 His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable.
  • Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Title The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: 2 Introduction: Utter Futility“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
  • Eccl 1:12 : 12 Futility of Secular Accomplishment I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 7:27 : 27 The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.
  • Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 Concluding Refrain: Qoheleth Restates His Thesis“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“All of these things are futile!” 9 Concluding Epilogue: Qoheleth’s Advice is Wise Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs. 10 The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.
  • John 7:35 : 35 Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
  • 1 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me. 12 I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

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