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 mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 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. 8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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

• 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 1:11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
• Ecclesiastes 1:1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
• Ecclesiastes 7:27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
• Ecclesiastes 12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
• Romans 10:14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
• Ephesians 3:7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
• 2 Timothy 1:11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
• 2 Peter 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
• Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
• Romans 9:1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
• 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
• Galatians 1:20Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
• John 7:35Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
• Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Acts 22:21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 26:17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

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