1 Timothy 2:7

New International Reader's Version

I was appointed to be a messenger and an apostle to preach the good news. I am telling the truth. I’m not lying. God appointed me to be a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

Cross References

Psalm 111:7

He is faithful and right in everything he does. All his rules can be trusted.

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

“Look,” says the Teacher. “Here’s what I’ve discovered. “I added one thing to another to find out everything I could about wisdom.

John 7:35

The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man plan to go? Does he think we can’t find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks? Will he go there to teach the Greeks?

Acts 14:27

When they arrived at Antioch, they gathered the church together. They reported all that God had done through them. They told how he had opened a way for the Gentiles to believe.

Acts 22:21

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go. I will send you far away to people who are not Jews.’ ”

Acts 26:20

First I preached to people in Damascus. Then I preached in Jerusalem and in all Judea. And then I preached to the Gentiles. I told them to turn away from their sins to God. The way they live must show that they have turned away from their sins.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen this man to work for me. He will announce my name to the Gentiles and to their kings. He will also announce my name to the people of Israel.

Romans 1:9

I serve God with my whole heart. I preach the good news about his Son. God knows that I always remember you

Romans 10:14

How can they call on him unless they believe in him? How can they believe in him unless they hear about him? How can they hear about him unless someone preaches to them?

Romans 11:13

I am talking to you who are not Jews. I am the apostle to the Gentiles. So I take pride in the work I do for God and others.

Romans 15:16

to serve Christ Jesus among the Gentiles. I have the duty of a priest to preach God’s good news. Then the Gentiles will become an offering that pleases God. The Holy Spirit will make the offering holy.

Romans 9:1

I speak the truth in Christ. I am not lying. My mind tells me that what I say is true. It is guided by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren’t you the result of my work for the Lord?

2 Corinthians 11:31

I am not lying. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows this. May God be praised forever.

Galatians 1:16

to show his Son in my life. He wanted me to preach about Jesus among the Gentiles. When God appointed me, I decided right away not to ask anyone for advice.

Galatians 1:20

Here is what you can be sure of. And God is even a witness to it. What I am writing you is not a lie.

Galatians 2:16

Here is what we know. No one is made right with God by obeying the law. It is by believing in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus. This is so we can be made right with God by believing in Christ. We are not made right by obeying the law. That’s because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

Galatians 2:9

James, Peter and John are respected as pillars in the church. They recognized the special grace given to me. So they shook my hand and the hand of Barnabas. They wanted to show they accepted us. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles. They would go to the Jews.

Galatians 3:9

So those who depend on faith are blessed along with Abraham. He was the man of faith.

2 Timothy 1:11

I was appointed to announce the good news. I was appointed to be an apostle and a teacher.

2 Peter 2:5

God did not spare the world’s ungodly people long ago. He brought the flood on them. But Noah preached about the right way to live. God kept him safe. He also saved seven others.