CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

442 Evangelizology
Wycliffe’
s 2 nd
(1388)
to obeie
to the
feith in
alle folkis
for his
name
Tyndale
(1534)
To bring
.. that is
to bringe
all maner
hethe
people
vnto
obedience
of the
fayth that
is in his
name
On the Translation of eivj u`pakoh.n pi,stewj in Romans 1:5 in English Bible Translation History
Coverdale
(1535)
Geneva
(1560);
cf.
Bishops
To set Might be
up the given
… under unto
amonge (that
all
Heythen,
to set vp
the
obedience
of faith
vnder his
name
obedience
might be
giuen vnto
the faith)
in his
Name
among al
the
Gentiles
KJV
(1611,
1769)
for
obedience
to the
faith
among all
nations,
for his
name
Murdock
(1851)*
ASV
(1901)
Bible in
Basic
English
(1949)**
To the [name]’s To make
end that sake disciple
among all
the
Gentiles,
to the end
that they
may obey
the faith in
his name
unto
obedience
of faith
among all
the
nations,
for his
name’s
sake
to make
disciples
to the
faith
among all
nations,
for his
name
RSV
(1952)
To bring
about …
for the
sake of
to bring
about the
obedience
of faith for
the sake
of his
name
among all
the
nations
NAS
(1977)
To bring
about …
[name]’s
sake
to bring
about the
obedience
of faith
among all
the
Gentiles,
for His
name’s
sake
NIV
(1984)
To call
people
from …
that
comes
from
for his
name’s
sake, …
to call
people
from
among all
the
Gentiles
to the
obedience
that
comes
from faith
NJB ✠
(1985)
Of
winning
the …
for the
honour
of
of winning
the
obedience
of faith
among all
the
nations
for the
honour of
his name
God’s
Word for
the
Nations
(1995)
Who
bring
people
… that
is associated
with ….
This is
the
honor of
who bring
people
from
every
nation to
the
obedience
that is
associate
d with
faith. This
is for the
honor of
his name
*The Murdock translation of the Syriac translated “apostleship” as “mission”, which creates an interesting read by removing the
theologically loaded term “apostle”: “by whom we have received grace, and a mission among all the Gentiles, to the end that they
may obey the faith in his name”
**The Cambridge “Bible in Basic English” (NT, 1949) substituted “to make disciples” for “unto obedience.” The whole verse reads:
“Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name”
1 Cor 9:22, “To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all
men, that I may by all means save some”
If the adverb does not split the last verbal phrase, it would read, “that by all means I may save
[sw,sw] some”
Paul was quite secure that he had a role in other persons being saved!
Col 1:24, “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of
His body (which is the church) in filling up that which is lacking in Christ's afflictions”
e. Evangelism as the work of God and Man:
Acts 14:26-27, “From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of
God for the work that they had accomplished [eivj to. e;rgon o] evplh,rwsan]. When they had arrived and
gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done [evpoi,hsen o` qeo.j] with
them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles”
1 Cor 3:9, “For we are God's fellow workers [qeou/ ga,r evsmen sunergoi,]; you are God's field, God's
building”
1 Cor 9:23, “And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it”
1 Cor 15:10, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I
labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me”
2 Cor 6:1, “And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain”
NLT
(2004)
To tell
…
everywhere
what
God has
done for
them, so
that they
will …
bring
glory
to tell
Gentiles
everywhere
what God
has done
for them,
so that
they will
believe
and obey
him,
bringing
glory to
his name