2 Timothy 1:11

New Living Translation

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

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.

English Standard Version
for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

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 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 This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. ⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. ⁸ So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don't be ashamed of me, either, even though I'm in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News. ⁹ For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. ¹⁰ And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News. ¹¹ And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News. ¹² That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return. ¹³ Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been 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
Then God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear." And that is what happened.

Genesis 1:13
And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.

Genesis 1:16
God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.

Genesis 1:17
God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,

Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind."

Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.

Genesis 2:5
neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16
But the Lord God warned him, "You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in 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.