2 Timothy 1:11

English Standard Version

for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For this gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher,

King James Version (1611)
Whereunto I am appointed a Preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

King James Version
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

New American Standard Bible
for which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

New Century Version
I was chosen to tell that Good News and to be an apostle and a teacher.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

Legacy Standard Bible
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

Berean Standard Bible
to which I was appointed a preacher, apostle, and teacher.

Contemporary English Version
My work is to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Complete Jewish Bible
It was for this Good News that I was appointed a proclaimer, emissary and teacher of the Goyim;

Darby Translation
to which *I* have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of [the] nations.

Easy-to-Read Version
I was chosen to tell people that message as an apostle and teacher.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

George Lamsa Translation
To which I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Good News Translation
God has appointed me as an apostle and teacher to proclaim the Good News,

Lexham English Bible
for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,

Literal Translation
for which I was appointed a herald and apostle and a teacher of nations.

Amplified Bible
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher [of this good news regarding salvation].

American Standard Version
whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

Bible in Basic English
Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

Hebrew Names Version
For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Goyim.

International Standard Version
For the sake of this gospelFor which">[fn] I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.of the Gentiles">[fn]Acts 9:15; Ephesians 3:7-8; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 4:17;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
of which I am appointed an herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations:

Murdock Translation
of which I am constituted a herald and a legate, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherunto I am appoynted, a preacher and Apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles:

English Revised Version
whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

World English Bible
For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Weymouth's New Testament
of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In which Y am set a prechour and apostle, and maistir of hethene men.

Update Bible Version
to which I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

Webster's Bible Translation
To which I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

New English Translation
For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.

New King James Version
to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. [fn]

New Living Translation
And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.

New Life Bible
I have been chosen to be a missionary and a preacher and a teacher of this Good News.

New Revised Standard
For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whereunto, I, have been appointed herald and apostle and teacher;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherein I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles.

Revised Standard Version
For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
whervnto I am apoynted a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher of the gentyls:

Young's Literal Translation
to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whervnto I am appoynted a preacher and an Apostell, and a teacher of the Heythen:

Mace New Testament (1729)
For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.

THE MESSAGE
This is the Message I've been set apart to proclaim as preacher, emissary, and teacher. It's also the cause of all this trouble I'm in. But I have no regrets. I couldn't be more sure of my ground—the One I've trusted in can take care of what he's trusted me to do right to the end.

Simplified Cowboy Version
And I was chosen to be a voice in the darkness, a teacher in times of trial and trouble, and a cowboy who gathers the lost with the good news.

Contextual Overview

⁶ For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, ⁷ for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. ⁸ Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, ⁹ who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, ¹⁰ and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, ¹¹ for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, ¹² which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. ¹³ Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 9:15, Ephesians 3:7, Ephesians 3:8, 1 Timothy 1:7, 1 Timothy 2:7

Reciprocal: John 7:35 - teach John 15:16 - ordained Acts 13:2 - they Acts 22:21 - for Acts 26:17 - the Gentiles Romans 1:1 - called Romans 11:13 - the apostle Romans 15:16 - I should 1 Corinthians 9:1 - I not an 2 Corinthians 3:6 - hath Galatians 1:16 - that Galatians 2:7 - the gospel of the uncircumcision Ephesians 3:2 - ye Ephesians 3:5 - in other Philippians 1:17 - that Colossians 1:23 - whereof 1 Timothy 1:1 - by 1 Timothy 1:11 - which Titus 1:3 - which James 3:1 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

Genesis 1:17
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Genesis 1:20
And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens."

Genesis 1:29
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

Genesis 2:5
When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,

Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whereunto I am appointed a preacher,.... Both from eternity, in the counsel and purpose of God, Acts 9:15 and in time, by the church at Antioch, and the prophets in it, according to the express order of the Holy Ghost, Acts 13:2. And if ever there was a preacher of the Gospel, Paul was one; he preached purely, powerfully, publicly, constantly, boldly, and with all faithfulness and integrity:

and an apostle; that is, of the Gentiles, as follows, and as he elsewhere styles himself, Romans 11:13 for it does not run so smooth and easy to connect this with the word Gospel. In 2 Timothy 1:1, he is called the apostle of Jesus Christ, because he was sent by him; and here the apostle of the Gentiles, because, he was sent to them; and this by the same appointment, by which he became a preacher:

and a teacher of the Gentiles; though all the apostles, by their commission, were sent to teach all nations, or the Gentiles in the several parts of the world, as well as Jews; yet the apostle was eminently a teacher of them; his work chiefly lay among them; the Gospel of the uncircumcision, or the ministration of the Gospel to the uncircumcised Gentiles, was committed to him; and he was a teacher of them in faith and verity, as in 1 Timothy 2:7. The Alexandrian copy only reads, "and a teacher".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereunto I am appointed a preacher - That is, I am appointed to make these truths known; see the notes at Ephesians 3:7-8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 11. Whereunto I am appointed a preacher — κηρυξ, a herald. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 3:17.

And an apostle — Sent immediately from God to man.

A teacher — One whose business it is to instruct men, and particularly the Gentiles, to whom he was especially sent; to proclaim the doctrines of eternal life, the resurrection and final incorruptibility of the human body; and, in a word, the salvation both of the body and soul of man by Christ Jesus.