1 Timothy 2:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

This is why God chose me to be a preacher and an apostle of the good news. I am telling the truth. I am not lying. God sent me to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.

Cross References

Acts 9:15

The Lord said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen him to tell foreigners, kings, and the people of Israel about me.

2 Timothy 1:11

My work is to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Romans 9:1

I am a follower of Christ, and the Holy Spirit is a witness to my conscience. So I tell the truth and I am not lying when I say

Romans 15:16

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

Galatians 2:9

James, Peter, and John realized that God had given me the message about his gift of undeserved grace. And these men are supposed to be the backbone of the church. They even gave Barnabas and me a friendly handshake. This was to show that we would work with Gentiles and that they would work with Jews.

Galatians 1:20

And in the presence of God I swear I am telling the truth.

Galatians 1:16

to show me his Son, so I would announce his message to the Gentiles. I didn't talk this over with anyone.

Romans 11:13

I am now speaking to you Gentiles, and as long as I am an apostle to you, I will take pride in my work.

2 Peter 2:5

And during Noah's time, God did not have pity on the ungodly people of the world. He destroyed them with a flood, though he did save eight people, including Noah, who preached the truth.

Galatians 3:9

This means everyone who has faith will share in the blessings given to Abraham because of his faith.

2 Corinthians 11:31

God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, knows I am not lying. And God is to be praised forever!

Romans 10:14

How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them?

Acts 26:20

First I preached to the people in Damascus, and then I went to Jerusalem and all over Judea. Finally, I went to the Gentiles and said, “Stop sinning and turn to God! Then prove what you have done by the way you live.”

Acts 22:21

But the Lord told me to go, and he promised to send me far away to the Gentiles.

Acts 14:27

After arriving in Antioch, they called the church together. They told the people what God had helped them do and how he had made it possible for the Gentiles to believe.

John 7:35

The people asked each other, “Where can he go to keep us from finding him? Is he going to some foreign country where our people live? Is he going there to teach the Greeks?

Ecclesiastes 7:27

With all my wisdom I have tried to find out how everything fits together,

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I said these things when I lived in Jerusalem as king of Israel.

Psalm 111:7

God is always honest and fair, and his laws can be trusted.

Galatians 2:16

But we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ. No one can please God by simply obeying the Law. So we put our faith in Christ Jesus, and God accepted us because of our faith.

Romans 1:9

God has seen how I never stop praying for you, while I serve him with all my heart and tell the good news about his Son.

1 Corinthians 9:1

I am free. I am an apostle. I have seen the Lord Jesus and have led you to have faith in him.