A moment in scripture
1 Timothy 2:7
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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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The surrounding passage
- 1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- 1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
- 1 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
- 1 Timothy 2:9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.