1 Timothy 2:7

Paul affirms his appointment as a preacher, apostle, and teacher of the Gentiles. It underscores the divine authority behind his gospel ministry.

Cross-references · 26

• Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• 2 Tim 1:11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
• Rom 9:1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
• Eph 3:7–8Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
• Rom 15:16That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
• Eccl 12:8–10Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
• Gal 1:16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
• Rom 11:13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
• Gal 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
• Gal 1:20Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
• Eccl 1:12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
• Eccl 1:1–2The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
• Acts 14:27And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• Rom 10:14How 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?
• Eccl 7:27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
• John 7:35Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
• Ps 111:7The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
• Acts 22:21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• 1 Tim 1:11–12According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
• 2 Pet 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
• 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
• Acts 26:20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• Gal 3:9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
• Rom 1:9For 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;
• Acts 26:17–18Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
• Gal 2:16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

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