1 Timothy 2:5

Who gave himself a ransom for all,.... What the Mediator gave as a ransom for men is "himself", his body and his soul, which were both made an offering for sin; and his life, which is the result of…

For there is one God - This is a reason for offering prayer for all people, and for the declaration 1Ti 2:4 that God desires that all people should be saved. The reason is founded in the fact that he…

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,…

Here is, I. A charge given to Christians to pray for all men in general, and particularly for all in authority. Timothy must take care that this be done. Paul does not send him any prescribed form of…

Forthere is one God Usually taken as a proof of God's willing all men to be saved, as in the quotation from Theodore, 1Ti 2:4. But the parallel passage is ch. 1Ti 3:15-16, where the test word -the…