1 Timothy 2:7

“Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, etc.] 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 ( <450901>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…”

“Whereunto--For the giving of which testimony. I am ordained--literally, "I was set": the same Greek, as "putting me," &c. (Ti1 1:12). preacher--literally, "herald" (Co1 1:21; Co1 9:27; Co1 15:11; Ti2 1:11; Tit 1:3). He recurs to himself, as in Ti1 1:16, in himself a living pattern or announcement of the Gospel, so here "a herald and teacher of (it to) the Gentiles" (Gal 2:9; Eph 3:1-12; Col 1:23). The universality of his commission is an appropriate assertion here, where he is arguing to prove that prayers are to be made "for all men" (Ti1 2:1). I speak the truth . . . and lie not--a strong asseveration of his universal commission, characteristic of the ardor of the apostle, exposed to…”

“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…”

“I am: Ti1 1:11, Ti1 1:12 a preacher: Ecc 1:1, Ecc 1:2, Ecc 1:12, Ecc 7:27, Ecc 12:8-10; Rom 10:14; Eph 3:7, Eph 3:8; Ti2 1:11; Pe2 2:5 I speak: Rom 1:9, Rom 9:1; Co2 11:31; Gal 1:20 a teacher: Joh 7:35; Act 9:15, Act 22:21, Act 26:17, Act 26:18, Act 26:20; Rom 11:13, Rom 15:16; Gal 1:16, Gal 2:9 in faith: Act 14:27; Gal 2:16, Gal 3:9 verity: Psa 111:7 1 Timothy 2:8”