1 Timothy 2:7
For this testimony I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying.)
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6who gave himself as a ransom for all, a testimony given at the proper time.
8Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.
Cross References
John 7:35Then the Jews said to one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not find him? Is he about to go to the Jews who are scattered among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
Acts 14:27After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:17I will rescue yoʋ from yoʋr own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending yoʋ
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that I continually remember you,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 2:2-9
Universal Prayer Recommended. ( a. d. 64.) 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ… Read the whole commentary →