Answer: The Word of God is to be preached only by such as are sufficiently gifted₁, and also duly approved and called to that office.₂

1. 1 Tim 3:2, 6; Eph 4:8–11; Hos 4:6; Mal 2:7; 2 Cor 3:6;
2. Jer 14:15; Rom 10:15; Heb 5:4; 1 Cor 12:28–29; 1 Tim 3:10; 4:14; 5:22