SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:7
del cual yo soy puesto por predicador y apstol (digo verdad en Cristo, no miento), maestro de los gentiles en fidelidad y verdad.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:7
Verse 7. I am ordained a preacher] I am set apart, eteqhn, appointed. The word does not imply any imposition of hands by either bishop or presbytery, as is vulgarly supposed.
I speak the truth in Christ] As I have received my commission from him, so I testify his truth. I did not run before I was sent; and I speak nothing but what I have received.
A teacher of the Gentiles] Being specially commissioned to preach the Gospel, not to the Jews, but to the nations of the world.
In faith and verity.] Faithfully and truly; preaching the TRuth, the whole TRuth, and nothing but the TRuth; and this fervently, affectionately, and perseveringly.
Instead of en pistei, in faith, the Cod. Alexand. has en pneumati, in spirit. "A teacher of the Gentiles in spirit and truth."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 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 ( 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 others, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions; a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity ; the Gospel of the uncircumcision, or which was to be preached to the uncircumcised Gentiles, was committed to this apostle; and his work and ministry lay among them, and therefore he is called the apostle of the Gentiles: and so he was in faith and verity; which may regard the subject matter of his teachings and ministry; it was the faith and truth of the Gospel, even the whole of it, the faith which was once delivered to the saints, and the truth as it is in Jesus; or else the character of the apostle, as a teacher, that he was a true and faithful one, who with all integrity and veracity, fully and faithfully preached the Gospel; and since he was appointed a teacher of it to the Gentiles, this is another argument why they, as well as the Jews, should be prayed for.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - The disciples of Christ must be praying people; all, withou distinction of nation, sect, rank, or party. Our duty as Christians, i summed up in two words; godliness, that is, the right worshipping of God; and honesty, that is, good conduct toward all men. These must go together: we are not truly honest, if we are not godly, and do no render to God his due; and we are not truly godly, if not honest. What is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, we should abound in There is one Mediator, and that Mediator gave himself a ransom for all And this appointment has been made for the benefit of the Jews and the Gentiles of every nation; that all who are willing may come in thi way, to the mercy-seat of a pardoning God, to seek reconciliation with him. Sin had made a quarrel between us and God; Jesus Christ is the Mediator who makes peace. He is a ransom that was to be known in du time. In the Old Testament times, his sufferings, and the glory tha should follow, were spoken of as things to be revealed in the las times. Those who are saved must come to the knowledge of the truth, for that is God's appointed way to save sinners: if we do not know the truth, we cannot be ruled by it.
Greek Textus Receptus
εις 1519 ο 3739 ετεθην 5087 5681 εγω 1473 κηρυξ 2783 και 2532 αποστολος 652 αληθειαν 225 λεγω 3004 5719 εν 1722 χριστω 5547 ου 3756 ψευδομαι 5574 5736 διδασκαλος 1320 εθνων 1484 εν 1722 πιστει 4102 και 2532 αληθεια 225
Vincent's NT Word Studies
7. I am ordained (eteqhn egw). Better, Iwas appointed. See on.John xv. 16.
A preacher (khrux). Lit. a herald. See on 2 Pet. ii. 5. Paul does not use the noun, but the kindred verb khrussein to proclaim or preach is very common in his writings. See Rom. x. 8; 1 Cor. i. 23; 2 Corinthians iv. 5; Philip. i. 15, etc.
I speak the truth in Christ and lie not. Omit in Christ. A strange asseveration to an intimate and trusted friend. Apparently an imitation of Rom. ix. 1.
A teacher of the Gentiles (didaskalov eqnwn). Paul does not use this phrase. He expressly distinguishes between teacher and apostle. See 1 Corinthians xii. 28; Eph. iv. 11. He calls himself ejqnwn ajpostolov apostle of the Gentiles (Rom. xi. 13); leitourgov Cristou Ihsou eijv ta eqnh minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles (Rom. xv. 16); and desmiov tou Cristou Ihsou uJper uJmwn twn ejqnwn prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles (Eph. iii. 1).
In faith and verity (en pistei kai alhqeia). Or faith and truth. The combination only here. Paul has sincerity and truth (1 Cor. v. 8), and sanctification of the Spirit and faith of the truth (2 Thess. ii. 13). The phrase must not be explained in true faith, nor faithfully and truly. It means that faith and truth are the element or sphere in which the apostolic function is discharged: that he preaches with a sincere faith in the gospel, and with a truthful representation of the gospel which he believes.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:7 {For which} (eis ho). The testimony of Jesus in his self-surrender (verse #6). See eis ho in #2Ti 1:11. {I was appointed} (eteqen egw). First aorist passive indicative of tiqemi. {Preacher and apostle} (kerux kai apostolos). In #2Ti 1:10 Paul adds didaskalos (herald, apostle, teacher) as he does here with emphasis. In #Col 1:23f. he has diakonos (minister). He frequently uses kerussw of himself (#1Co 1:23; 9:27; Ga 2:2; Ro 10:8f.). {I speak the truth, I lie not} (aleqeian legw, ou yeudomai). A Pauline touch (#Ro 9:1). Cf. #Ga 1:20; 2Co 11:31. Here alone he calls himself "a teacher of the Gentiles," elsewhere apostle (#Ro 11:13), minister (#Ro 15:16), prisoner (#Eph 3:1).
