2 Timothy 1:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

2 Timothy 1:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
Ephesians 3:7-8
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. …
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
1 Timothy 1:7
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-14)

Here is an exhortation and excitation of Timothy to his duty (2 Tim. 1:6): I put thee in remembrance. The best men need remembrancers; what we know we should be reminded of. 2 Pet. 3:1; I write this, to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance. I. He exhorts him to stir up the gift of God that was in him. Stir it up as fire under the embers. It is meant of all the gifts and graces the God had…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. Whereunto--For the publication of which Gospel. I am appointed--Greek, “I was appointed.” preacher--Greek, “herald.” teacher of the Gentiles--(1Ti 2:7). He brings forward his own example in this verse and 2Ti 1:12, as a pattern for Timothy, as a public “preacher,” an “apostle,” or missionary from place to place, and a “teacher” in private instructing His flock with patient perseverance.