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1 Timothy 2:7
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
1 TIMOTHY 2:7 le,gw {A} Recollecting Paul’s declaration in Romans 9:1, avlh,qeian le,gw evn Cristw|/, many witnesses (a Dc H K 614 1241 _Byz_ itar...
Verse 7. _I AM ORDAINED A PREACHER_] _I am set apart_, ετεθην, _appointed_. The word does not imply any _imposition of hands_ by either _bishop_ or _presbytery_, as is vulgarly supposed. _I SPEAK THE...
WHEREUNTO - Greek, “Unto which;” that is, to the bearing of which testimony I am appointed. I AM ORDAINED - Greek, “I am placed or constituted” - ἐτέθην etethēn. The word “ordain” has now acquired...
II. CONCERNING PRAYER CHAPTER 2 __ 1. Prayer for all men and for those in authority (1 Timothy 2:1) 2. The place for the man and the woman (1 Timothy 2:8) 1 Timothy 2:1 Instructions ar
1 Timothy 2:1 to 1 Timothy 3:16. THE CHARGE RESPECTING CHURCH REGULATIONS. (_a_) 1 Timothy 2:1. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 1 Ti
THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE GOSPEL (1 Timothy 2:1-7)...
So then the first thing I urge you to do is to offer your requests, your prayers, your petitions, your thanksgivings for all men. Pray for kings and for all who are in authority, that they may enjoy a...
WHEREUNTO. For (Greek. _eis)_ which. ORDAINED. appointed. Same word in 1 Timothy 1:12 (putting). PREACHER. App-121. APOSTLE. App-189. CHRIST. App-98. but the texts omit "in Christ not". App-106. Co...
_Whereunto_ For the ministry of which, the True Testimony. _I am ordained_ There is in the Greek an emphasis on -I," WHEREUNTO I REMEMBER WAS APPOINTED. St Paul is always filled with his special miss...
Rec. text with א*D2cKL adds ἐν Χριστῷ after λέγω; this is plainly a gloss introduced from Romans 9:1, and is omitted by אcAD2*GP and all early versions. 7. ΕἸΣ Ὅ. sc. μαρτύριον. ἘΤΈΘΗΝ. The Apostle’s...
FURTHER REASONS FOR THE DOCTRINE THAT ALL MEN COME WITHIN THE SCOPE OF GOD’S SAVING PURPOSE These are threefold, (i.) the Unity of God, (ii.) the Incarnation, and (iii.) the Atonement of Christ. To ta...
ΈΤΈΘΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать, назначать, ставить, ΚΉΡΥΞ (G288) глашатай, проповедник. Глашатай провозглашал важные известия. Часто это было объявление о спортивном соревновании...
_1 TIMOTHY 2:7_. (_I SPEAK THE TRUTH IN CHRIST, AND LIE NOT;_)— St. Paul uses such solemnity in asserting this doctrine, because the Jews were so much averse to it, and were ready to charge his preach...
II. PUBLIC WORSHIP 2:1-15 1. PRAYER 1 Timothy 2:1-7 _TEXT 2:1-7_ 1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; 2 for kings and...
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. WHEREUNTO - For the giving of which testimony. I AM...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
5 This passage is primarily intended to break down the bounds in which salvation had hitherto been confined. The testimony of past eras is no basis on which to build in this era. The testimony to the...
2:7 herald (l-8) Or 'preacher,' as 2 Timothy 1:11 ; 2 Peter 2:5 ....
CONCERNING PRAYER, THANKSGIVING, AND THE PLACE OF WOMEN 1-8. The second charge to Timothy—to teach those over whom he was set to use public prayer and intercession....
I SPEAK THE TRUTH] St. Paul does not forget that his apostleship had been denied, and takes occasion to reaffirm it: see 1 Corinthians 9:1; 2 Corinthians 12:12. TEACHER OF THE GENTILES] Galatians 2:9
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE (2:1-4) V1 First of all, I urge you to pray for all people. Talk to God about them. Ask God to help and...
WHEREUNTO I AM ORDAINED A PREACHER, AND AN APOSTLE... — Whereunto, or “for which witness.” To announce which witness — the witness being the suffering and the death of Christ — St. Paul was ordained a...
In the first place, let me remind you that the Church's public prayers must be made expressly for all men, from the Emperor downwards. This care for all becomes those who know that they are children o...
εἰς ὃ : scil. τὸ μαρτύριον, or τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, as in the parallel passage, 2 Timothy 1:11. The phrase εἰς ὃ ἐτέθην ἐγὼ κῆρυξ κ. ἀπόστολος [καὶ] διδάσκαλος is repeated in 2 Timothy 1:11, as ἀλήθειαν … ψ...
PRAYER AND MODEST ADORNING 1 Timothy 2:1 The Apostle especially urged intercessory prayer, because it meant so much to himself. Three different words are used of prayer, because there are so many way...
The apostle then turned to the public devotions of the Church. As the Church is the medium for proclamation of the doctrine of truth, so also is it the instrument of intercession as between men and Go...
PRAYING FOR ALL MEN To be able to hold firm to the faith and teach it in the face of the opposition mentioned in the first chapter, Paul went on to urge Timothy to do certain things. A supplication is...
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, [and] lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in (c) faith and verity. (c) Faithfully and sincerely: and by faith he mean...
(5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (6) Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (7) Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
7_For which I have been appointed_. That it may not be thought that he makes rash assertions — as many are wont to do — on a subject which he did not well understand, he affirms that God had appointed...
The apostle proceeds to give instructions founded on the great principles which he had established on grace. The Jewish spirit might look on Gentile kings as enemies, and on Gentiles in general as unw...
WHEREUNTO I AM ORDAINED A PREACHER, AND AN APOSTLE,.... He was ordained or appointed to be a preacher of the Gospel from all eternity, and was separated or set apart unto it in time, and was put into...
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, _and_ lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. Ver. 7. _A teacher of the Gentiles_] His Epistles ther...
_For there is one God_ One Creator of all, _the Father of the spirits of all flesh_, who is no respecter of persons; _and one Mediator between God and men_ Appointed by God to make atonement for the s...
We have seen in chapter 1 that the grace of God must predominate as the one principle of true blessing, and the one corrective when falsehood threatens. Chapter 2 now calls for an attitude consistent...
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 1. Ordained - How is this word used in the religious wor...
“FOR THIS”: It was exactly for the purpose of proclaiming the above message that Paul was selected by Jesus. 1 TIMOTHY 2:7 “I WAS APPOINTED. PREACHER”: Paul has already noted that Jesus placed him int...
1-7 The disciples of Christ must be praying people; all, without distinction of nation, sect, rank, or party. Our duty as Christians, is summed up in two words; godliness, that is, the right worshipp...
OLBGrk; WHEREUNTO I AM ORDAINED A PREACHER; for the publishing and making known of which testimony of the Divine goodness and truth I am set, or _appointed,_ 2 TIMOTHY 1:11, eteyhn, _a preacher, _ or...
Tertullian On Modesty the "teacher of the nations in faith and verity,"[152]...
1 Timothy 2:7 for G1519 which G3739 I G1473 appointed G5087 (G5681) preacher G2783 and G2532 speaking G3004 ...
1 Timothy 2:7. AM ORDAINED A PREACHER. Better, ‘ _was appointed a herald.'_ It might have been thought that in writing to one like Timothy, loving and beloved, there would have been little need for th...
FOR WHICH (εις ο). The testimony of Jesus in his self-surrender (verse 1 Timothy 2:6). See εις ο in 2 Timothy 1:11.I WAS APPOINTED (ετεθην εγω). First aorist passive indicative of τιθημ.PREACHER...
CONTENTS: Exhortation to prayer. Divine order for the sexes. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Adam, Eve, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Christians are to be men much given to prayer, and in their prayers having...
1 Timothy 2:1. _I exhort therefore, that supplications and prayers be made for all men for kings, and all that are in authority._ Civil government is in its own nature paternal: it is designed to prot...
AND THIS IS WHY. To tell the Good News of God's act in Christ! See Acts 26:18. I AM NOT LYING. Some tried to discredit Paul's appointment to be an apostle. Also, what he taught contradicted what they...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 2:1 Descriptions of Gospel-shaped Living. Paul now shows what true gospel living (1 Timothy 1:5) should look like. He asks for prayer, and
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 2:4. WHO WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED.—The emphatic word here is “all men.” The good purpose of God is as universal as it is good. It is _not_ the will of t...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 2:1 _First of all_,_ that _for _that_,_ first of all_,_ _A.V.; _thanksgivings _for _and giving of thanks_._ _A.V. I EXHORT THEREFORE. The insertion of the connecting particle "th...
Ver. 7. The apostle here introduces his own relation to this testimony-bearing: _Whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I speak the truth,_ (The received text has ἐν Χριστῷ, but it is w...
Now I exhort [Paul said] therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and the giving of thanks, be made for all men (1 Timothy 2:1); So we are exhorted to pray for each other...
1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 11:31; 2 Peter 2:5;...
I am ordained [ε τ ε θ η ν ε γ ω]. Better, Iwas appointed. See on. John 14:16. A preacher [κ η ρ υ ξ]. Lit. a herald. See on 2 Peter 2:5. Paul does not use the noun, but the kindred verb khrussein to...
Observe here, 1. Our apostle declares his authority to publish the gospel to the Gentiles, and his integrity in the publication of it:. was ordained an apostle,. teacher of the Gentiles in faith and v...