1 Timothy 2:7

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

5For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, 6who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time. For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 8So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute. 9Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

1 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 1:11This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me.
• Ecclesiastes 1:1The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
• Ecclesiastes 7:27The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.
• Ecclesiastes 12:8“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher, “All of these things are futile!”
• Romans 10:14How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
• Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.
• 2 Timothy 1:11For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
• 2 Peter 2:5and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,
• Romans 1:9For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
• Romans 9:1I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit –
• 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.
• Galatians 1:20I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!
• John 7:35Then the Jewish leaders said to one another, “Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
• Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
• Acts 22:21Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
• Acts 26:17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, 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

Topics related to 1 Timothy 2:7

• Herald
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Truth

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Apostle
• Lead
• Verity
• Church
• Education
• Games
• Ordain; Ordination
• Preacher; Preaching

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