1 Timothy 2:7 (WEB)
to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Catechism · 1
“He is the one intercessor with the Father on behalf of all men, especially sinners.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 8:34; 1 Jn 2:1; 1 Tim 2:5-8.
Fathers and councils · 4
Athanasius of Alexandria
“Now the apostolic precept exhorts us all, for those commands which he sent to individuals, he at the same time enjoined upon every man in every place, for he was ‘a teacher of all nations in faith and truth.’” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 7. Cf. Letter iii.
Read the whole comment“For he gave this advice not to the Corinthians only, since he was not their Apostle only, but being ‘a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity,’ he admonished us all through them; and in short, the things he wrote to each particular person are commandments common to all men.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 7.
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Tertullian
“…more clearly than by the instrumentality of a pen: not to steep, to wit, Paul, the “apostle of Christ,” the “teacher of the nations in faith and verity,” the “vessel of election,” the founder of Churches, the censor of discipline, (in the guilt of) levity so great as that he should either have condemned rashly…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Paul, also, while yet a persecutor, who became the great herald of the truth and teacher of the Gentiles in faith, was surrounded by a light and acknowledged Him whom he was persecuting, and was entrusted with his great ministry, and filled every ear and mind with the gospel.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. ii. 7; 2 Tim. i. 11.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Catechism §2634.
Cited together in Catechism §2634.
Cited together in Catechism §2634.
Cited together in Catechism §2634.
Cited together in Catechism §2634.