提摩太前书 2:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

為了這事，我也被派作傳道的和使徒（我說的是真話，不是謊言），在信仰和真理上作外族人的教師。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 为 此 奉 派 作 传 道 的 ， 作 使 徒 ， 作 外 邦 人 的 师 傅 ， 教 导 他 们 相 信 ， 学 习 真 道 。 我 说 的 是 真 话 ， 并 不 是 谎 言 。

Contextual Overview

¹ First, I tell you to pray for all people, asking God for what they need and being thankful to him. ² Pray for rulers and for all who have authority so that we can have quiet and peaceful lives full of worship and respect for God. ³ This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, ⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to know the truth. ⁵ There is one God and one mediator so that human beings can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who is himself human. ⁶ He gave himself as a payment to free all people. He is proof that came at the right time. ⁷ That is why I was chosen to tell the Good News and to be an apostle. (I am telling the truth; I am not lying.) I was chosen to teach those who are not Jews to believe and to know the truth. ⁸ So, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up their hands in a holy manner, without anger and arguments.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I am: 1 Timothy 1:11, 1 Timothy 1:12

a preacher: Ecclesiastes 1:1, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:12, Ecclesiastes 7:27, Ecclesiastes 12:8-10, Romans 10:14, Ephesians 3:7, Ephesians 3:8, 2 Timothy 1:11, 2 Peter 2:5

I speak: Romans 1:9, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 11:31, Galatians 1:20

a teacher: John 7:35, Acts 9:15, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, Acts 26:20, Romans 11:13, Romans 15:16, Galatians 1:16, Galatians 2:9

in faith: Acts 14:27, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:9

verity: Psalms 111:7

Reciprocal: John 3:27 - A man John 15:16 - ordained Acts 13:2 - the work Acts 15:35 - teaching Romans 1:1 - called Romans 12:7 - or he 1 Corinthians 1:1 - an 1 Corinthians 9:1 - I not an 2 Corinthians 11:10 - the truth Galatians 2:7 - the gospel of the uncircumcision Ephesians 3:2 - the dispensation Philippians 1:17 - that Colossians 1:23 - whereof 2 Timothy 2:8 - according Titus 1:3 - which James 3:1 - be 1 John 2:27 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
The third river, named Tigris, flows out of Assyria toward the east. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:15
The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to care for it and work it.

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all the tame animals, to the birds in the sky, and to all the wild animals. But Adam did not find a helper that was right for him.

Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply, and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man's ribs. Then God closed up the man's skin at the place where he took the rib.

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God forced Adam out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22
So everything on dry land that had the breath of life in it died.

Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron bowed facedown and cried out, "God, you are the God over the spirits of all people. Please don't be angry with this whole group. Only one man has really sinned."

Numbers 27:16
"The Lord is the God of the spirits of all people. May he choose a leader for these people,

Job 4:19
So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses, whose foundations are made of dust, who can be crushed like a moth.

Job 27:3
as long as I am alive and God's breath of life is in my nose,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 the ministry of it by Christ himself, and was not a common or ordinary preacher of the word, but an apostle, an extraordinary officer in the Gospel church.

I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not; which are a sort of an oath, or an appeal to Christ the omniscient God, for the truth of what he said, concerning his ordination to the Gospel; see a like phrase in Romans 9:1. The phrase, "in Christ", is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in three of Beza's ancient copies, and in some others, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions;

a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity; the Gospel of the uncircumcision, or which was to be preached to the uncircumcised Gentiles, was committed to this apostle; and his work and ministry lay among them, and therefore he is called the apostle of the Gentiles: and so he was in faith and verity; which may regard the subject matter of his teachings and ministry; it was the faith and truth of the Gospel, even the whole of it, the faith which was once delivered to the saints, and the truth as it is in Jesus; or else the character of the apostle, as a teacher, that he was a true and faithful one, who with all integrity and veracity, fully and faithfully preached the Gospel; and since he was appointed a teacher of it to the Gentiles, this is another argument why they, as well as the Jews, should be prayed for.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 a technical signification, meaning to set apart solemnly to a sacred office by the imposition of hands; but it has not that meaning here. It does not refer to the manner in which he was set apart, or to any act of others in consecrating him to this work, but merely to the fact that he had been placed in this office, or appointed to it. He refers doubtless to the fact that the Lord Jesus had designated him to this work.

A preacher and an apostle - see the 1 Corinthians 9:1-6 notes; Galatians 1:11-12 notes.

I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not - That is, by Christ; or I solemnly appeal to Christ - a form of an oath; notes, Romans 9:1. Paul makes a solemn declaration similar to this in regard to his call to the apostleship, in Galatians 1:20. For the reasons why he did it, see the notes on that verse. It is probable that there were those in Ephesus who denied that he could be an apostle, and hence his solemn declaration affirming it.

A teacher of the Gentiles - Specially appointed to carry the gospel to the Gentiles or the pagan; see the Romans 11:13 note; Galatians 2:7 note.

In faith and verity - These words mean that he was appointed to instruct the Gentiles in faith and the knowledge of the truth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 truth in Christ — As I have received my commission from him, so I testify his truth. I did not run before I was sent; and I speak nothing but what I have received.

A teacher of the Gentiles — Being specially commissioned to preach the Gospel, not to the Jews, but to the nations of the world.

In faith and verity. — Faithfully and truly; preaching the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTH; and this fervently, affectionately, and perseveringly.

Instead of ενπιστει, in faith, the Cod. Alexand. has εν πνευματι, in spirit. "A teacher of the Gentiles in spirit and truth."