Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle
International Standard Version
For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)
A Conservative Version
For which I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth.
American Standard Version
whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Amplified
And for this matter I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying [when I say this]—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
An Understandable Version
I was appointed to be a preacher [of this testimony] and an apostle and teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles. (I am telling the truth and not lying).
Anderson New Testament
to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth.
Bible in Basic English
And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
Common New Testament
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for this I was establish'd a herald and an apostle, I speak the truth without disguise, a doctor to instruct the Gentiles in the true faith.
Darby Translation
to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.
Godbey New Testament
in which I have been placed a herald and an apostle I speak the truth, I lie not, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and in truth.
Goodspeed New Testament
and I was appointed a herald and apostle of it?? am telling the truth, I am not lying??o teach the heathen faith and truth.
John Wesley New Testament
to be testified of in due season, Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Julia Smith Translation
For which I was placed a herald, and the sent, (I speak truth in Christ, I lie not;) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.
King James 2000
To this 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 truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, [I am] not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Modern King James verseion
To this I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of the nations, in faith and truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle - I tell the truth in Christ and lie not - being the teacher of the gentiles in faith and verity.
Montgomery New Testament
It was for this testimony that I myself was appointed a herald and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
to which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Noyes New Testament
whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not,) a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.
Sawyer New Testament
of which I was made a herald and an apostle,?? speak the truth, I lie not,?? teacher of nations in faith and truth.
The Emphasized Bible
Unto which, I, have been appointed proclaimer and apostle - Truth I speak, I utter no falsehood - a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
of which I am ordained a preacher and apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
and it was for this that I was myself appointed a Herald and an Apostle (I am telling the simple truth and no lie)--a Teacher of the Gentiles in the Faith and Truth.
Webster
For which 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.
Weymouth New Testament
and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction)
Williams New Testament
and for which purpose I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am telling the truth, I am not lying, -- a teacher of the heathen in the realm of faith and truth.
World English Bible
to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Worrell New Testament
whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of gentiles in faith and truth.
Worsley New Testament
for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle. I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not; I am a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle -- truth I say in Christ, I do not lie -- a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.
Themes
Christian ministers » Preachers
Gentiles/heathen » The apostle of the gentiles/heathen
Herald » Signified by the word "preacher,"
Paul » Called to be an apostle
Titles and names of ministers » Preachers
Topics
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
En
ἐν
En
Usage: 2128
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 2:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instructions To Pray For All People
6 the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all": ??in due time this was attested, 7 and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth. 8 Now I want the men to offer prayer at any meeting of the church; and let the hands they lift to heaven be holy ??they must be free from anger and dissension.
Cross References
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.
2 Timothy 1:11
Of that gospel I have been appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,
Romans 9:1
I am telling the truth in Christ ??it is no lie, my conscience bears me out in the holy Spirit
Ephesians 3:7-8
Such is the gospel which I was called to serve by the endowment of God's grace which was vouchsafed me, by the energy of his power;
John 7:35
The Jews said to themselves, "Where is he going, that we will not find him? Is he off to the Dispersion among the Greeks, to teach the Greeks?
Acts 14:27
On their arrival they gathered the church together and reported how God had been with them, what he had done, and how he had opened a door into faith for the Gentiles.
Acts 22:21
But he said to me, 'Go; I will send you afar to the Gentiles ????'"
Acts 26:17-18
I will rescue you from the People and also from the Gentiles ??to whom I send you,
Acts 26:20
I announced to those at Damascus and at Jerusalem in the first instance, then all over the land of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they were to repent and turn to God by acting up to their repentance.
Romans 1:9
God is my witness, the God whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I always mention you in my prayers,
Romans 10:14
But how are they to invoke One in whom they do not believe? And how are they to believe in One of whom they have never heard? And how are they ever to hear, without a preacher?
Romans 11:13
I tell you this, you Gentiles, that as an apostle to the Gentiles I lay great stress on my office,
Romans 15:16
as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed for ever, He knows I am telling the truth!
Galatians 1:16
and when he chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might preach him to the Gentiles, instead of consulting with any human being,
Galatians 1:20
(I am writing you the sheer truth, I swear it before God!)
Galatians 2:9
and when they recognized the grace I had been given, then the so-called 'pillars' of the church, James and Cephas and John, gave myself and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship. Our sphere was to be the Gentiles, theirs the circumcised.
Galatians 2:16
but since we know a man is justified simply by faith in Jesus Christ and not by doing what the Law commands, we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus so as to get justified by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands ??for by doing what the Law commands no person shall be justified.
Galatians 3:9
So that those who rely on faith are blessed along with believing Abraham.
1 Timothy 1:11-12
as laid down by that glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
2 Peter 2:5
if he did not spare the ancient world but kept Noah, the herald of righteousness, safe with seven others, when he let loose the deluge on the world of impious men: