2 Timotheus 1:11

11 zu welchem ich bestellt worden bin als Herold und Apostel und Lehrer der Nationen.

2 Timotheus 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 1:11

Whereunto I am appointed a preacher
Both from eternity, in the counsel and purpose of God, ( Acts 9:15 ) and in time, by the church at Antioch, and the prophets in it, according to the express order of the Holy Ghost, ( Acts 13:2 ) . And if ever there was a preacher of the Gospel, Paul was one; he preached purely, powerfully, publicly, constantly, boldly, and with all faithfulness and integrity:

and an apostle;
that is, of the Gentiles, as follows, and as he elsewhere styles himself, ( Romans 11:13 ) for it does not run so smooth and easy to connect this with the word Gospel. In ( 2 Timothy 1:1 ) , he is called the apostle of Jesus Christ, because he was sent by him; and here the apostle of the Gentiles, because, he was sent to them; and this by the same appointment, by which he became a preacher:

and a teacher of the Gentiles;
though all the apostles, by their commission, were sent to teach all nations, or the Gentiles in the several parts of the world, as well as Jews; yet the apostle was eminently a teacher of them; his work chiefly lay among them; the Gospel of the uncircumcision, or the ministration of the Gospel to the uncircumcised Gentiles, was committed to him; and he was a teacher of them in faith and verity, as in ( 1 Timothy 2:7 ) . The Alexandrian copy only reads, "and a teacher".

2 Timotheus 1:11 In-Context

9 der uns errettet hat und berufen mit heiligem Rufe, nicht nach unseren Werken, sondern nach seinem eigenen Vorsatz und der Gnade, die uns in Christo Jesu vor den Zeiten der Zeitalter gegeben,

10 jetzt aber geoffenbart worden ist durch die Erscheinung unseres Heilandes Jesus Christus, welcher den Tod zunichte gemacht, aber Leben und Unverweslichkeit ans Licht gebracht hat durch das Evangelium,

11 zu welchem ich bestellt worden bin als Herold und Apostel und Lehrer der Nationen.

12 Um welcher Ursache willen ich dies auch leide; aber ich schäme mich nicht, denn ich weiß, wem ich geglaubt habe, und bin überzeugt, daß er mächtig ist, das ihm von mir anvertraute Gut auf jenen Tag zu bewahren.

13 Halte fest das Bild gesunder Worte, die du von mir gehört hast, in Glauben und Liebe, die in Christo Jesu sind.