1 Timothy 2:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And of this matter I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (special messenger)–I am speaking the truth in Christ, I do not falsify [when I say this]–a teacher of the Gentiles in [the realm of] faith and truth. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I was appointed to be a preacher and apostle of this testimony—I’m telling the truth and I’m not lying! I’m a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Catholic Public Domain Version Of this testimony, I have been appointed a preacher and an Apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie) as a teacher of the Gentiles, in faith and in truth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle, (I say the truth, I lie not,) a doctor of the Gentiles in faith and truth. |
‘Look,’ says the Teacher, ‘I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation,
Then the Jews said to one another, ‘Where does he intend to go that we won’t find him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Jewish people dispersed , among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does he?
After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
‘He said to me, “Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.” ’
Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.
But the Lord said to him, ‘Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.
God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about his Son #– #that I constantly mention you,
How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher?
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Insofar as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
I speak the truth in Christ #– #I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit #– #
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed for ever, knows I am not lying.
to reveal his Son in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.
I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you.
and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.
When James, Cephas, , and John #– #those recognised as pillars #– #acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Consequently, those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.
and if he didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, , when he brought the flood on the world of the ungodly;