New King James Version
1 Timothy 2:6
6who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
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 Living Translation (NLT)He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.
Context of 1 Timothy 2:6
4who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 7for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 8I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;
Read all of 1 Timothy 21 Timothy 2:6 word by word
ὁ δοὺς ἑαυτὸν ἀντίλυτρον ὑπὲρ πάντων, τὸ μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Who gaveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- a ransomἀντίλυτρονantilutron · ransomG487
- forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- to be testifiedμαρτύριονmarturion · testimonyG3142
- in dueἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
- timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:6
- Job 33:24Then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘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 the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
- Matthew 20:28just as 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 even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
- John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
- John 10:15As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;
- Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
- Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
- Hebrews 9:12Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
- 1 Peter 1:18knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
- 1 Peter 2:24who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
- 1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
- 1 John 4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own 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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