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1 Timothy 2:5
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For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one Mediatour betweene God and men, the man Christ Iesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,
There is one God and one mediator so that human beings can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who is himself human.
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
There is only one God, and Christ Jesus is the only one who can bring us to God. Jesus was truly human, and he gave himself to rescue all of us.
For God is one ; and there is but one Mediator between God and humanity, Yeshua the Messiah, himself human,
For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,
There is only one God, and there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who as a man
For there is one God, and one Mediatour betweene God and man, which is the man Christ Iesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus,
For God is one, also there is one Mediator of God and of men, the Man Christ Jesus,
For there is [only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Messiah Yeshua,
There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings - a human, Christ Jesus.Romans 3:29-30; 10:12; Galatians 3:20; Hebrews 8:6; 9:15;">[xr]
For one is Aloha, and one is the Mediator of Aloha and of men; the man Jeshu Meshiha,
5 For God is one; and the mediator between God and men is one, [fn] the man Jesus the Messiah;
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, [himself] man, Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men,
For there is but one God and but one Mediator between God and men--Christ Jesus, Himself man;
For o God and a mediatour is of God and of men, a man Crist Jhesus,
For there is [only] one God, and [only] one mediator between God and men, [the] man Christ Jesus,
For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.
There is one God. There is one Man standing between God and men. That Man is Christ Jesus.
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human,
For there is, one, God, one, mediator also, between God and men, - a man - Christ Jesus:
For there is one God: and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus:
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For ther is one god and one (mediator) bitwene god and man which is ye man Christ Iesus
for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one mediatour betwene God and men, (namely) the man Christ Iesus,
for there is but one God, and but one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
The way to get it is through Jesus. He's the gate between destruction and life.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
one God: Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 44:6, Mark 12:29-33, John 17:3, Romans 3:29, Romans 3:30, Romans 10:12, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Galatians 3:20, Ephesians 4:6
and: Job 9:33, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 12:24
the man: Matthew 1:23, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:11, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 15:45-47, Philippians 2:6-8, Hebrews 2:6-13, Revelation 1:13
Reciprocal: Exodus 34:3 - General Leviticus 4:10 - peace offerings Leviticus 4:21 - a sin offering Leviticus 5:18 - for a trespass Leviticus 8:26 - General Leviticus 16:17 - no man Numbers 3:50 - General Numbers 4:16 - the oversight Numbers 16:48 - General Deuteronomy 18:15 - like unto me Deuteronomy 18:18 - like unto 1 Samuel 2:25 - who shall Psalms 130:7 - for with Isaiah 53:12 - he bare Jeremiah 30:13 - none Zechariah 3:9 - remove Luke 14:22 - and yet John 3:17 - but John 10:15 - and I John 16:23 - Whatsoever Acts 4:12 - is there 1 Corinthians 8:4 - there is 2 Corinthians 11:4 - preacheth Titus 1:3 - manifested James 2:19 - General 1 John 2:1 - we have
Cross-References
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.
The name of ye first is Pison, the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah, where there is golde:
And the golde of the lande is very good. There is also Bdellium, and the Onix stone.
Therefore the Lorde God sent hym foorth fro the garden of Eden, to worke the grounde whence he was taken.
And she proceading, brought foorth his brother Habel, and Habel was a keper of sheepe, but Cain was a tyller of the grounde.
If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth.
He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: and hearbes for the vse of man.
He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth: he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth, he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses.
Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For there is one God,.... This does not so much regard the unity of God, with respect to himself, or his divine essence, though that is a truth; but does not carry in it any apparent and forcible reason why all men should be prayed for, for which it is produced; but the unity of God with respect to men, as that there is but one God, who is the Creator of all men, and who, in a providential way, is the Saviour of all men; and in a way of special grace is the one God, the one covenant God of all sorts of men, of Jews and Gentiles; for he has taken of the latter into the covenant of his grace, as well as the former, and has loved them with a special and distinguishing love, has chosen them in Christ to salvation, and has sent his Son to redeem them; and of these he calls by his grace, regenerates, sanctifies, adopts, pardons, and justifies; see Romans 3:29 and therefore all sorts of men, Gentiles as well as Jews, are to be prayed for: another argument follows,
and one Mediator between God and men; a Mediator is of more than one, and has to do with two parties; and these at variance among themselves, between whom he stands as a middle person; his business is to bring them together, and make peace between them; and such an one is Christ: the two parties are God and his elect, who in their natural state are at a distance from God, and at enmity to him, and who have broken his law, and affronted his justice; Christ stands as a middle person, a daysman between them, and lays his hands upon them both; has to do with things pertaining to the glory of God, and makes reconciliation for the sins of the people; brings them that were afar off nigh to God, and makes peace for them by the blood of his cross, by fulfilling the law, and satisfying justice for them; in consequence of this he appears for them in the court of heaven, intercedes and pleads for them, is their advocate, and sees that all covenant blessings, of which he is the Mediator, are applied unto them, and preserves their persons, which are committed to his care and charge, safe to everlasting happiness; and this Mediator is
the man Christ Jesus; not that he is a mere man, for he is truly and properly God; or that he is a Mediator only according to the human nature: it was proper indeed that he should be man, that he might have something to offer, and that he might be capable of obeying, suffering, and dying, and so of making satisfaction in the nature that had sinned; but then, had he not been God, he could not have drawn nigh to God on the behalf of men, and undertook for them, and much less have performed; nor would his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, have been available to cleanse from sin, to procure the pardon of it, justify from it, make atonement for it, or make peace with God: the reason why he is particularly mentioned as man, is, with a view to the argument in hand, praying for all men; since he who is the Mediator between God and man, has assumed a nature which is common to them all: and this Mediator is said to be one, not so much in opposition to other mediators, angels or saints departed, though it is a truth, and stands full against them, but with respect to men; there is but one Mediator between God and all sorts of men, through whom both Jews and Gentiles have an access to God, and peace with him; and therefore prayer through this Mediator should be made for all. So the Jews say of the Messiah u, that he is אל אמצעי, "a Mediator, God", a middle person between God and men. And they call him עמודא דאמצעיתא, "the Pillar of mediation" w or the middle Pillar; that is, the Mediator or Reconciler. And Philo x the Jew speaks of the word, as μεσος, a "middle" person, and standing in the middle between the dead and the living, and between God and men. The Ethiopic version here renders it, "there is one elect of God"; which is one of the characters of the Messiah, Isaiah 42:1.
u R. Albo, Sepher Ikkarim, orat 2. c. 28. w Sepher Jetzira, p. 126. x Quis rerum divin. Hares, p. 508, 509, 510.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For there is one God - This is a reason for offering prayer for all people, and for the declaration 1 Timothy 2:4 that God desires that all people should be saved. The reason is founded in the fact that he is the common Father of all the race, and that he must have the same desire for the welfare of all his children, He has made them of one blood Acts 17:26, and he must have the same interest in the happiness of all; compare Ephesians 4:6 note; Romans 3:30 note.
And one Mediator between God and men - see Galatians 3:19-20 notes; Hebrews 9:15 note. This also is given as a reason why prayer should be offered for all, and a proof that God desires their salvation. The argument is, that there is the same Mediator between God and all people. He is not the Mediator between God and a part of the human race, but between “God and men,” implying that He desired the salvation of the race. Whatever love there was in giving the Mediator at all, was love for all the race; whatever can be argued from that about the interest which God has in man, is proof of his interest in the race at large. It is proper, therefore, to pray for all. It may be remarked here that there is but one Mediator. There is not one for kings and another for their subjects; one for the rich and another for the poor; one for the master and another for the slave. All are on the same level, and the servant may feel that, in the gift of a Mediator, God regarded him with the same interest that he did his master. It may be added also that the doctrine of the Papists that the saints or the Virgin Mary may act as mediators to procure blessings for us, is false. There is but “one Mediator;” and but one is necessary. Prayer offered to the “saints,” or to the “Virgin,” is idolatry, and at the same time removes the one great Mediator from the office which he alone holds, of making intercession with God.
The man Christ Jesus - Jesus was truly and properly a man, having a perfect human body and soul, and is often called a man in the New Testament. But this does not prove that he was not also divine - anymore than his being called God (John 1:1; John 20:28; Rom 9:5; 1 John 5:20; Hebrews 1:8), proves that he was not also a man. The use of the word man here was probably designed to intimate that though he was divine, it was in his human nature that we are to consider him as discharging the office. Doddridge.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Timothy 2:5. There is one God — Who is the maker, governor, and preserver of all men, of every condition, and of every nation, and equally wills the salvation of all.
And one mediator — The word μεσιτης, mediator, signifies, literally, a middle person, one whose office it is to reconcile two parties at enmity; and hence Suidas explains it by ειρηνοποιος, a peace-maker. God was offended with the crimes of men; to restore them to his peace, Jesus Christ was incarnated; and being God and man, both God and men met in and were reconciled by him. But this reconciliation required a sacrifice on the part of the peace-maker or mediator; hence what follows.
