"Paul" has been declared "an apostle", but obviously no one can be an apostle, "a sent

one", without a "sender", and so we come to the Lord Who sent him. The A.V. reads,

"Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ"; the R.V reads, "Paul an Apostle of Christ Jesus". The

order of words in a title is always important, but especially so when that title is the

Lord's. Let us therefore examine the R.V. and see what light it throws upon the point.

The first occurrence of the title is found in the R.V. of Acts 3: 20, and Alford's

translation of it is suggestive: "Him Who was predestined your Messiah, namely, Jesus."

We meet the title in Acts 19: 4, but the R.V. there reads simply "Jesus". In

Acts 24: 24, however, where the A.V. reads "Christ", the R.V. reads "Christ Jesus".

These are the only occurrences in the Acts and it will be seen that, whether we retain

Acts 19: 4 or not, the only one to use the title is either Paul himself, or Felix in

addressing Paul.

"Christ Jesus" is found in both versions in Rom. 3: 24; 8: 1, 2; 15: 5 and 16: 3.

There are six other occasions where the R.V. reads "Christ Jesus" instead of

"Jesus Christ",  "Christ",  or  "Jesus Christ our Lord",  namely,  Romans 6: 3, 11;

8: 11, 34; 15: 16, 17.

In I Corinthians the title Christ Jesus occurs in 1: 2, 30; 4: 15; 16: 24;  and,

according to the R.V., in i.4, in place of the title "Jesus Christ". In II Corinthians the

title occurs but once, and that only in the R.V. of 1: 1. Galatians contains, according to

the A.V., five references, but the R.V. omits 6: 15. The remainder are 2: 4; 3: 26, 28

and 4: 14. The R.V. adds 2: 16; 3: 14; 5: 6, 24.

Ephesians, according to the A.V., has six occurrences: 1: 1; 2: 6, 7, 10, 13; 3: 21.

To these the R.V. adds 1: 1 (the passage before us); 2: 20; 3: 1, 6.  Philippians,

according to the R.V., has eleven references: 1: 1 (twice), 8, 26; 2: 5; 3: 3, 12, 14;

4: 7, 19, 21.  Colossians has but three for the R.V. alters 1: 28 to "Christ" and adds to

1: 4; 1: 1; 4: 12.

I Thessalonians has but two: 2: 14; 5: 18.  I Timothy has eight occurrences: 1: 4,

15; 2: 5; 3: 13; 6: 13; to which the R.V. adds 1: 1 (twice); 4: 6; 5: 21. II Timothy

has eleven occurrences: 1: 2, 9, 13; 2: 1, 10; 3: 12, 15, to which the R.V. adds 1: 1, 10;

2: 3; 4: 1.  Titus has but one reference, R.V. 1: 4.  Philemon: In verse 6, where the

A.V. reads "Christ Jesus" the R.V. reads "Christ". Verses 1 and 9 are added by the R.V.

and both versions read "Christ Jesus" in verse 23. Hebrews has but one reference in the

A.V., that of 3: 1.  This, however, is changed in R.V. to "Jesus". There remains but

two other references, namely I Pet. 5: 10, 14, both of which are altered in the R.V. to

read "Christ".