hope that with right training, he might grow up to exemplify the name which he bore. Paul designates himself as an apostle of Christ Jesus, thus giving an official tone to this letter. The word is apostolos (ἀποστολος), from the verb apostellō (ἀποστελλω), “to send one off on a commission to do something as one’s personal representative, with credentials furnished.” The word was used in the first century for an envoy or ambassador. Paul thought of himself as an official ambassador of Christ Jesus.