1 Timothy 2:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

whereunto {G1519} I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰς ὃ ἐτέθην ἐγὼ κῆρυξ, καὶ ἀπόστολος, (ἀλήθειαν λέγω ἐν Χριστῷ, οὐ ψεύδομαι·) διδάσκαλος Ἐθνῶν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.

Transliteration

For which etethēn I kēryx, and apostolos, (alētheian I legō in Christō, not pseudomai;) didaskalos of Ethnōn in pistei and alētheia.

Grammar Details

• *etethēn*: aorist passive indicative, 1st singular - I was appointed/placed
• *kēryx*: nominative, masculine, singular - herald/preacher/proclaimer
• *apostolos*: nominative, masculine, singular - apostle/sent one
• *alētheian*: accusative, feminine, singular - truth
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/speak
• *Christō*: dative, masculine, singular - in Christ
• *pseudomai*: present middle indicative, 1st singular - I lie/deceive
• *didaskalos*: nominative, masculine, singular - teacher/instructor
• *Ethnōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of nations/Gentiles
• *pistei*: dative, feminine, singular - in faith/belief
• *alētheia*: dative, feminine, singular - in truth

Word Meanings

• *etethēn*: I was appointed/placed/set/established
• *kēryx*: herald/preacher/proclaimer/messenger
• *apostolos*: apostle/sent one/messenger
• *alētheian*: truth/reality/genuineness
• *legō*: I say/speak/tell
• *Christō*: Christ/Anointed One/Messiah
• *pseudomai*: I lie/deceive/speak falsely
• *didaskalos*: teacher/instructor/master
• *Ethnōn*: nations/Gentiles/peoples
• *pistei*: faith/belief/trust
• *alētheia*: truth/reality/genuineness

Referenced Verses

• Acts 9:15 : 15 But 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:
• 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 whereunto {G1519} I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.
• Eph 3:7-8 : 7 whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
• Rom 10:14 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
• Rom 11:13 : 13 But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
• Rom 15:16 : 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, {G5547} he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
• Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:
• Gal 1:20 : 20 Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie {G3754} not.
• Gal 2:9 : 9 and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision;
• Gal 2:16 : 16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but {G3361} through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
• Gal 3:9 : 9 So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom {G3568} I send thee, 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
• Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
• Ps 111:7 : 7 The works of his hands are truth and justice; All his precepts are sure.
• Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
• Eccl 1:12 : 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
• Eccl 7:27 : 27 Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
• Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. 9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs. 10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [even] words of truth.
• John 7:35 : 35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
• 1 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 {G2532} I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service;
• 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;