1 Timothy 2:7

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 mission to proclaim the universality of the Gospel, and appropriately recals his commission as teacher of the Gentiles. Cf. Galatians 2:9.

I speak the truth in Christ Here the words -in Christ" have no sufficient authority, and have been introduced from Romans 9:1.

in faith and verity Better, in faith and truth; see note on 1 Timothy 1:1; a teacher, not in politics or art, but in religion, its morals and doctrine; its spiritual life, that the soul may go out to God in faith that worketh by love and a good conscience; and its spiritual knowledge, that the historic facts revealed may be fully grasped, and the haze of false doctrine be dispelled.