2 Timothy 1:11

 

2 Timothy 1:11

(KJV) Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

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

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

(1526 Tyndale) whervnto I am apoynted a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher of the gentyls:

 

Counterfeit Versions

(CSB)  For this gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher,
(NIV) And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.

(NASV) for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

(The MESSAGE) This is the Message I've been set apart to proclaim as preacher, emissary, and teacher.

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

(ESV) for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

(CEV) My work is to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

(1901 ASV) whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

(HCSB) For this [gospel] I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher,

(RSV) For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

(NAB-Roman Catholic) for which I was appointed preacher and apostle and teacher.

(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.

 

Textus Receptus - Traditional Text

eiV o eteqhn egw khrux kai apostoloV kai didaskaloV eqnwn

 

Hort-Westcott - Critical Text

eiV o eteqhn egw khrux kai apostoloV kai didaskaloV

 

Corrupted Manuscripts

This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:

A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century

33 (Minuscule) - Ninth Century

 

Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse

Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)

Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century

D 06 - Paris: Claromontanus - Sixth century

K 018 - Ninth century

L 020 - Ninth century

P 025 - Ninth century

 

Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions

Omit “of the Gentiles”

Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869

Westcott and Hort - 1881

Weiss, Bernhard - 1894

Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941

Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition

Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition

United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition

Von Soden, Freiherr - 1902

 

Affected Teaching

In many places in the Old Testament God had promised that the Gospel was going to be preached to the Gentiles. The Lord Jesus Christ even stated that the Gospel was going to the entire world. (Mark 16:15 KJV) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. At the time the Lord Jesus Christ made that statement, the Scriptures had been written for the Jews (yet applicable to all Christians) but when God saved the Apostle Paul, He made him the teacher of the Gentiles which became his primary ministry, especially concerning the founding of the churches in various areas. The Gentiles would continue the churches up until the last day and along with these churches was needed written guidance. The Apostle Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, had penned 13 books of the Bible, 14 if you believe Paul wrote Hebrews. Those 13 books became the guidelines for Christian living, for church government, and discipline plus the guideline for the Lord’s Supper. When the section of the verse “of the Gentiles” is removed, it eradicates the part of the verse which is a specific fulfillment of the promise of God that the Gospel would be sent to the Gentiles and the appointment of the Apostle Paul as an Apostle and Teacher of the Gentiles is part of the fulfillment of God’s promise. Once again the modern versions with their Jehovah’s Witness and Roman Catholic counterpart have attacked a vital doctrine of a promise of God to the Gentile world.

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