What Does 2 Corinthians 1:1 Mean in the King James?

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

2 Corinthians 1:1 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

Paul’s title carries its commission inside it: he is a sent one, and the sending begins in God’s will.

THE MEANING

The voice reaching the reader here is a sent voice, with authority received through God’s will rather than self-claimed. The assembly belongs to God, and its people are set apart to him.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

Authority comes from a person’s own claim or title; this verse locates the sending in God’s will.

THE ROOT

ἀπόστολος

apostolos

GROWS FROM

ἀποστέλλω

apostellō

to send forth, dispatch

“apostle” in this verse is apostolos. The title means “one sent,” carrying the act of being sent inside the name. Paul’s authority is presented as received through God’s will, not generated by the title itself.

ALSO GROWS

apostolē: sending, commission

ἀποστολή

This branch makes the sending itself visible: Paul’s role is a commission, not merely a status.

apostellō: send forth, dispatch

ἀποστέλλω

The verb shows the movement carried by the title: someone sends, and the sent one goes.

THE PATTERN

A sending takes its authority from the one who sends, rather than from the sender’s own claim.

Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

Exodus 3:10 · KJVMoses’ task begins with God’s sending and carries God’s purpose with it.

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:21 · KJVThe verse exposes the difference between claiming a commission and actually being sent.

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

John 20:21 · KJVJesus presents sending as received from the Father and then carried onward to others.

THE THREAD

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

John 20:21 · KJV

The key term for Paul’s title means “one sent,” and this verse uses its matching verb for Jesus being sent and then sending others. Paul’s title belongs to the same pattern: sending comes from a sender and is then carried onward.

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