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1 Timothy 2:6
6who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;
1 Timothy 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
- New International Version (NIV)who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
- New King James Version (NKJV)who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
Context of 1 Timothy 2:6
4who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth. 5For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times; 7to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak [the] truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of [the] nations in faith and truth. 8I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.
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ὁ δοὺς ἑαυτὸν ἀντίλυτρον ὑπὲρ πάντων, τὸ μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:6
- Job 33:24Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.
- Matthew 20:28as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- Mark 10:45For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.
- John 6:51I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- John 10:15as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
- Ephesians 1:7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
- Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
- Hebrews 9:12nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the [holy of] holies, having found an eternal redemption.
- 1 Peter 1:18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,
- 1 Peter 2:24who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.
- 1 Peter 3:18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in [the] Spirit,
- 1 John 2:1My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous;
- 1 John 4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Who gave himself a ransom - The word signifies a ransom paid for the redemption of a captive; and , the word used here, and applied to the death of Christ, signifies that ransom which consists in the exchange of one person for another, or the redemption of life by life; or, as Schleusner has expressed it in his translation of these words, Qui morte sua omnes liberavit a vitiositatis vi et poenis, a servitute quassi et miseria peccatorum. "He who by his…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Who gave himself a ransom for all - This also is stated as a reason why prayer should be offered for all, and a proof that God desires the salvation of all. The argument is, that as Christ died for all, it is proper to pray for all, and that the fact that he died for all is proof that God desired the salvation of all. Whatever proof of his desire for their salvation can be derived from this in relation to any of the race, is proof in relation to all. On…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Short teachings like this one appear throughout the letters to Timothy and Titus (see also 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 1:9–10; 2:8, 11–13; Titus 3:4–7). They might have adapted these teachings from creeds, hymns, or prayers familiar to the churches. The teachings probably relate to Paul's trouble with false teachers. The false teachers' teachings weakened the universal message of the good news about Jesus and the mission to non-Jews (Gentiles). The false…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-86. gave himself--(Tit 2:14). Not only the Father gave Him for us (Joh 3:16); but the Son gave Himself (Php 2:5-8). ransom--properly of a captive slave. Man was the captive slave of Satan, sold under sin. He was unable to ransom himself, because absolute obedience is due to God, and therefore no act of ours can satisfy for the least offense. Le 25:48 allowed one sold captive to be redeemed by one of his brethren. The Son of God, therefore, became man in…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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