God’s Word Translation
1 Timothy 2:7
7I was appointed to spread this Good News and to be an apostle to teach people who are not Jewish about faith and truth. I’m telling you the truth. I’m not lying.
1 Timothy 2:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
- New International Version (NIV)And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Context of 1 Timothy 2:7
5There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and humans—a human, Christ Jesus. 6He sacrificed himself for all people to free them from their sins. This message is valid for every era. I was appointed to spread this Good News and to be an apostle to teach people who are not Jewish about faith and truth. I’m telling you the truth. I’m not lying. 8I want men to offer prayers everywhere. They should raise their hands in prayer after putting aside their anger and any quarrels they have with anyone. 9I want women to show their beauty by dressing in appropriate clothes that are modest and respectable. Their beauty will be shown by what they do, not by their hair styles or the gold jewelry, pearls, or expensive clothes they wear.
Read all of 1 Timothy 21 Timothy 2:7 word by word
εἰς ὃ ἐτέθην ἐγὼ κῆρυξ καὶ ἀπόστολος, ἀλήθειαν λέγω οὐ ψεύδομαι, διδάσκαλος ἐθνῶν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Whereuntoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- Whereuntoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- am ordainedτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
- a preacherκῆρυξkērux · preacherG2783
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- an apostleἀπόστολοςapostolos · apostleG652
- I speakλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- lieψεύδομαιpseudomai · to lieG5574
- notοὐou · noG3756
- a teacherδιδάσκαλοςdidaskalos · teacherG1320
- of the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
- faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:7
- 1 Timothy 1:11Moses’ Teachings were intended to be used in agreement with the Good News that contains the glory of the blessed God. I was entrusted with that Good News.
- Ecclesiastes 1:1The words of the spokesman, the son of David and the king in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 7:27The spokesman said, “This is what I’ve found: I added one thing to another in order to find a reason for things.
- Ecclesiastes 12:8“Absolutely pointless!” says the spokesman. “Everything is pointless!”
- Romans 10:14But how can people call on him if they have not believed in him? How can they believe in him if they have not heard his message? How can they hear if no one tells ⌞the Good News⌟?
- Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this Good News through God’s kindness freely given to me when his power worked ⌞in me⌟.
- 2 Timothy 1:11I was appointed to be a messenger of this Good News, an apostle, and a teacher.
- 2 Peter 2:5God didn’t spare the ancient world either. He brought the flood on the world of ungodly people, but he protected Noah and seven other people. Noah was his messenger who told people about the kind of life that has God’s approval.
- Romans 1:9I serve God by spreading the Good News about his Son. God is my witness that I always mention you
- Romans 9:1As a Christian, I’m telling you the truth. I’m not lying. The Holy Spirit, along with my own thoughts, supports me in this.
- 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is praised forever, knows that I’m not lying.
- Galatians 1:20(God is my witness that what I’m writing is not a lie.)
- John 7:35The Jews said among themselves, “Where does this man intend to go so that we won’t find him? Does he mean that he’ll live with the Jews who are scattered among the Greeks and that he’ll teach the Greeks?
- Acts 9:15The Lord told Ananias, “Go! I’ve chosen this man to bring my name to nations, to kings, and to the people of Israel.
- Acts 22:21“But the Lord told me, ‘Go! I’ll send you on a mission. You’ll go far away to people who aren’t Jewish.’ ”
- Acts 26:17I will rescue you from the Jewish people and from the non-Jewish people to whom I am sending you.
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I am ordained a preacher - I am set apart, , appointed. The word does not imply any imposition of hands by either bishop or presbytery, as is vulgarly supposed. I speak the truth in Christ - As I have received my commission from him, so I testify his truth. I did not run before I was sent; and I speak nothing but what I have received. A teacher of the Gentiles - Being specially commissioned to preach the Gospel, not to the Jews, but to the nations of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Whereunto - Greek, “Unto which;” that is, to the bearing of which testimony I am appointed. I am ordained - Greek, “I am placed or constituted” - ̓́ etethēnThe word “ordain” has now acquired a technical signification, meaning to set apart solemnly to a sacred office by the imposition of hands; but it has not that meaning here. It does not refer to the manner in which he was set apart, or to any act of others in consecrating him to this work, but merely…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7Here, prayer focuses on the church’s mission. This suggests that false teachers damaged the church's reputation in society and hindered its mission to non-Jewish people (see 3:6–7; 6:1; Titus 2:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Whereunto--For the giving of which testimony. I am ordained--literally, "I was set": the same Greek, as "putting me," &c. (1Ti 1:12). preacher--literally, "herald" (1Co 1:21; 9:27; 15:11; 2Ti 1:11; Tit 1:3). He recurs to himself, as in 1Ti 1:16, in himself a living pattern or announcement of the Gospel, so here "a herald and teacher of (it to) the Gentiles" (Ga 2:9; Ep 3:1-12; Col 1:23). The universality of his commission is an appropriate assertion…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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