1 Timothy 2:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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 I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
• Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
• Rom 10:14 : 14 How 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?
• Rom 11:13 : 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
• Rom 15:16 : 16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
• 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 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 heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
• Gal 1:20 : 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
• Gal 2:9 : 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
• Gal 2:16 : 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
• Gal 3:9 : 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• Rom 1:9 : 9 For 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;
• Ps 111:7 : 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments 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, counting one by one, to find out the account:
• Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
• John 7:35 : 35 Then 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?
• 1 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
• 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And 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;