2 Timothy 1:9-11

21st Century King James Version

⁹ who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but in accordance with His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

¹⁰ but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.

¹¹ For this I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles,