2 TIMOTHY 1:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.”
for which I was appointed a herald and apostle and teacher — Paul's threefold commission (kēryx, apostolos, didáskalos) particularizes his apostolic role: proclaiming the gospel, bearing apostolic authority, and instructing communities. The titles compound his authority.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:11
Why does he so constantly repeat this, and call himself a teacher of the Gentiles? Because he wishes to persuade them that they also ought to draw close to the Gentiles. Be not therefore dismayed at my sufferings. The sinews of death are unstrung. It is not as a malefactor that I suffer, but because I am “a teacher of the Gentiles.” At the same time he makes his discourse worthy of credit.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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