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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Timothy 1:11
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, etc.] Both from eternity, in the counsel and purpose of God, (<440915>Acts 9:15) and in time, by the church at Antioch, and the prophets in it, according to the express order of the Holy Ghost, (<441302>Acts 13:2). And if ever there was a preacher of the Gospel, Paul was one; he preached purely, powerfully, publicly, constantly, boldly, and with all faithfulness and integrity: and an apostle; that is, of the Gentiles, as follows, and as he elsewhere styles himself, ( <451113>Romans 11:13) for it does not run so smooth and easy to connect this with the word Gospel. In (<550101>2 Timothy 1:1), he is called the apostle of Jesus Christ, because he was sent by him; and here the apostle of the Gentiles, because, he was sent to them; and this by the same appointment, by which he became a preacher: and a teacher of the Gentiles; though all the apostles, by their commission, were sent to teach all nations, or the Gentiles in the several parts of the world, as well as Jews; yet the apostle was eminently a teacher of them; his work chiefly lay among them; the Gospel of the uncircumcision, or the ministration of the Gospel to the uncircumcised Gentiles, was committed to him; and he was a teacher of them in faith and verity, as in (<540207>1 Timothy 2:7). The Alexandrian copy only reads, “and a teacher”.
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