1 Timothy 2:6

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 wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. 5For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time. 7And I have been chosen as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles this message about faith and truth. I’m not exaggerating—just telling the truth. 8In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.

1 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 33:24he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’
• Isaiah 53:6All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.
• Matthew 20:28For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• Mark 10:45For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”
• John 10:15just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.
• Ephesians 1:7He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.
• Ephesians 5:2Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
• Hebrews 9:12With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.
• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.
• 1 Peter 2:24He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.
• 1 Peter 3:18Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.
• 1 John 2:1My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.
• 1 John 4:10This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world. All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.

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

Topics related to 1 Timothy 2:6

• Atonement
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Minister, Christian
• Ransom
• Redemption
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Lead
• Ransom
• Redemption
• Verity
• Christ, Offices of
• Jesus Christ
• Mediation; Mediator
• Sacrifice
• Timothy, Epistles of Paul to
• ransom, ransomed

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