3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
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According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, …
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here is the preface to the epistle, showing, I. The writer. Paul , a Gentile name taken by the apostle of the Gentiles, Acts 13:9 , 46 , 47 . Ministers will accommodate even smaller matters, so that they may be any furthering of acceptance in their work. When the Jews rejected the gospel, and the Gentiles received it, we read no more of this apostle by his Jewish name Saul , but by his Roman one,…
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