I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

 (iii) He is an envoy. An envoy is one whose duty is to commend his country in a foreign land. An envoy in the Christian sense is therefore one who commends the story of Christ to others. He wishes to communicate that story to others, so that it will mean as much to them as it does to him. 