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1 Timothy 2:5
5There is only one God. There is also only one person who brings God and people together. That person is Christ Jesus, who became a man himself.
1 Timothy 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- New International Version (NIV)For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
Context of 1 Timothy 2:5
3It is good that we should pray like that. It makes God, our Saviour, happy. 4He wants to save all people. He wants everyone to know his message about what is true. There is only one God. There is also only one person who brings God and people together. That person is Christ Jesus, who became a man himself. 6He died as a sacrifice on behalf of all people, to pay the debt of their sins. He died at the proper time for God to show his purpose clearly. 7God chose me as his apostle, to tell this same message to people. I am telling you what is true. I am not telling lies! Yes, he sent me to teach his true message to the Gentiles, so that they would believe in him.
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Εἷς γὰρ θεός, εἷς καὶ μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄνθρωπος Χριστὸς ἸησοῦςRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:5
- Deuteronomy 6:4Listen, Israelites! The Lord alone is our God. There is no other true God.
- Isaiah 44:6The Lord is Israel's King and Redeemer. He is the Lord Almighty. He says, ‘I am the first and I am the last. There is no God, except me.
- Mark 12:29Jesus replied, ‘This rule is the most important rule: “Listen, Israel's people! The Lord alone is our God. There is no other Lord.
- John 17:3What does it mean for people to live with you for ever? It means that they know you, the one who is the only true God. They also know me, Jesus Christ, the one that you have sent.
- Romans 3:29God is not God only for Jewish people. He is also God for the Gentiles. Yes! He is the God for all people.
- Romans 10:12It says ‘everyone’. There is no difference between Jews and Gentiles. There is the same Lord for all of them. He helps everyone who asks him with many good things.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6But for us there is only one God, who is the Father. All things come from him. We live to serve him. For us, there is only one Lord, who is Jesus Christ. All things are there because of him. And we ourselves live because of him.
- Galatians 3:20But God himself gave his promise to Abraham. It was not necessary to have somebody in between, like Moses.
- Ephesians 4:6There is one God, who is the Father of all of us. He has authority over all of us. He works through all of us. He is in all of us.
- Job 9:33There is nobody who can decide which of us is right. Nobody has authority to judge both of us.
- Hebrews 7:25Jesus is always alive and he asks God to help his people. So he can completely save everyone who believes in him. He will lead them to God.
- Hebrews 8:6But now God has given Jesus a much better way to serve him as a priest. The new agreement that God makes with his people is possible because of Jesus. Because of Jesus' work on our behalf, the new agreement is better than the old one. It is much better because it started with better promises.
- Hebrews 9:15So, by Christ's death, God brings a new agreement between him and his people. God's people receive from him the good things that will be with them for ever. God has promised to give those things to the people that he has chosen. Christ's death has made them free from their sins. God will no longer punish them like the first agreement says should happen.
- Hebrews 12:24You have come to Jesus, who brought the new agreement from God to his people. In that agreement, the blood of Jesus' death makes us clean from our sins. It tells us that God has forgiven us. When Cain killed his brother Abel, Abel's blood brought God's punishment. So we see that Jesus' blood brought us something much better than that.
- Matthew 1:23The prophet had said, ‘A young woman who has never had sex will have a baby boy. People will call her son Immanuel.’ This name means ‘God is with us’.
- Luke 2:10The angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. Listen! I bring you good news. This news will make everyone very happy.
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5There 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 , mediator, signifies, literally, a middle person, one whose office it is to reconcile two parties at enmity; and hence Suidas explains it by , 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5There is one God and one mission for all people (Romans 3:29–30; Galatians 3:26–29). The phrase one God is a key statement of Christian faith, similar to the basics of Jewish faith (Deuteronomy 6:4). there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus: Jesus is fully human and fully God. This means he is the only one who can make peace between God and humanity (see 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. For there is one God--God's unity in essence and purpose is a proof of His comprehending all His human children alike (created in His image) in His offer of grace (compare the same argument from His unity, Ro 3:30; Ga 3:20); therefore all are to be prayed for. 1Ti 2:4 is proved from 1Ti 2:5; 1Ti 2:1, from 1Ti 2:4. The one God is common to all (Is 45:22; Ac 17:26). The one Mediator is mediator between God and all men potentially (Ro 3:29; Ep 4:5, 6; He…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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