But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
Parallel translations
- WEB but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
- BSB In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
- NKJV but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
- NASB but at the proper time revealed His word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
- NLT And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.
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Quick answer
In His appointed time God made His word known through the gospel message entrusted to Paul. It matters because the proclamation of the gospel is God's chosen means of revealing His saving plan.
Overview
What was promised before time has now been revealed in history through the preaching committed to Paul by God's command. Calling God 'our Savior' (a title Paul also applies to Christ in this letter) highlights the unity of the Father and the Son in the work of salvation. The eternal purpose of verse 2 becomes a public message proclaimed to the world.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Tim 1:11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
- Titus 3:4–6But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
- 1 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
- Titus 2:10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
- Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- Gal 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
- Mark 13:10And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
- Acts 10:36The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
- Col 1:6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
- 2 Tim 1:10–11But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
- Rom 10:14–15How 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?
- Col 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
- Isa 45:15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
- 1 Cor 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
- Hab 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- 1 Tim 2:5–7For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- 1 Th 2:4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
- 1 Tim 4:10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
- Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Eph 2:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
- 1 Tim 2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
- Isa 45:21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
- Rom 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
- Rom 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
- Rom 16:26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
- Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Phil 1:13So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
- Dan 8:23And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
- Eph 3:5–8Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
- Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
- Dan 11:27And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Rev 14:16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
- Eph 1:10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
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