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Whereof I am made a minister; see under what title he suffers for the church, because a minister, ( in the more general acceptation of the word), as Col_1:23, not (as one of the ancients saith) to give the price of redemption, but to preach. He looked not on his apostleship as a domination, but ministration, 2Co_5:18; and though in regard of his call he was an extraordinary apostle, yet he, (remembering his Master’s injunction, Mat_20:26), no more than Peter did affect dominion or a lordship over Christ’s heritage 2Co_1:24 1Pe_5:1-3, according to his singular and eminent call to be a minister and a witness, Act_26:16. As he doth elsewhere make mention of the minister of God, 2Co_6:4 1Th_3:2; of the New Testament, gospel, word, reconciliation, Act_6:4 2Co_3:6 5:18,19 Eph 3:7; of Jesus Christ and of the Lord, Rom_15:8 1Co_4:1 Eph_6:20 1Ti_4:6; so he doth here, by reason of the union between the Head and the body, own himself to be constituted a minister of the church, which some, of a lower rank, like not now to be called.
According to the dispensation of God; and that by Divine vouchsafement and commandment, being called from persecution of the church to this ministry, Act_9:15,16 1Co_4:1 2Co_5:19 Eph_1:1. Yea, and also for them at Colosse, who, being of the Gentiles, were in his commission, according to the gift of the grace of God given to him, Eph_3:7.
Which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; fully to preach the word of God amongst them, as well as to the Romans and others, Rom_15:19, and so to fulfil the prophecy, Zec_2:11, for the calling of the Gentiles by the promulgation of the gospel amongst them, Act_22:21 Rom_1:5 11:13 1Ti_2:7; and so fulfilling God’s word, by fully expounding the whole doctrine of salvation amongst them, and promoting of it to the end of his life.