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Gill's Exposition
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,.... He was ordained or appointed to be a preacher of the Gospel from all eternity, and was separated or set apart unto it in time, and was put into…
Barnes' Notes
Who 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…
Adam Clarke
Who gave himself a ransom - The word λυτρον signifies a ransom paid for the redemption of a captive; and αντιλυτρον, the word used here, and applied to the death of Christ, signifies that ransom which…
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…
Cambridge Bible
a ransom The word is a compound naturally formed, as time passed, to represent Christ's own teaching, antilutronthus recalling the lutron antiof Mat 20:28; Mar 10:45. On this last verse Maclear…
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