1Tim 2:7 Paul the Appointed

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Paul the Appointed

1Tim 2:7 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle——I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying——a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Here Paul is alluding back to the phrase in the previous verse "to be testified in due time". Starting with New Testament times the revelation of Jesus Christ - his Person, works, mission, and teachings were to be testified of. And Paul was one whom God appointed a preacher and an apostle. An "apostle" having a sense of authority more than simply that of a preacher, as he would be a primary reference as to what constituted the faith and the message of truth. And this fact of his apostleship Paul reminds readers in all of his letters, and particularly an apostle to the Gentiles.

For this reason we should pay particular attention to what Paul says, as God's emissary of doctrinal truth.

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