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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.

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

et pour lequel j'ai été établi prédicateur et apôtre, -je dis la vérité, je ne mens pas, -chargé d'instruire les païens dans la foi et la vérité.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ων ἀπόστολον διά τε τὴν πρὸς τὸν κύριον τιμὴν διά τε τὸ ἐκ περιουσίας καὶ τοῖς Ἑβραίοις ἐπιστὲλλειν, 1 Tim. 2,7;11 ; Rom. 11, 13 ἐθνῶν κήρυκα ὄντα καὶ ἀπόστολον.” Αὖθις δ’ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ὁ Κλήμης βιβλίοις περὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν εὐαγγελίων παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνέκαθεν πρεσβυτέρων τέθειται,…
  • Epiphanius

    Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

    ἀφθαρσίᾳ«, μηκέτι τὸ κακὸν ἐργαζόμενοι, μηκέτι ἀποθνῄσκοντες. καὶ ὅτι δὲ παυθήσεται, μαρτυ- f 4 vgl. I Tim. 2, 7 — 7 I Kor. 2, 6b — 30 I Kor. 15, 42 V M 7f vgl. S. 121,8 4 vor ἀπὸ + <ὡς>? * 11 ἀρχόντων M | ἐρυνῆσαι Dind. Öh.] ἐρευνήσας V M | σαυτῷ *] αὐτῶ V M (das ergänzte σ stec…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    in no way can a man cause knowledge in another by teaching him. On the contrary, The Apostle says ( 1 Tim. 2:7 ): "Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle . . . a doctor of the Gentiles in faith and truth." I answer that, On this question there have been various opinio…

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