1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
one	Εἷς Heis	G1520	one · adjective — nominative singular masculine
God	θεός, theos	G2316	figuratively · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
one	εἷς heis	G1520	one · adjective — nominative singular masculine
mediator	μεσίτης mesitēs	G3316	a go-between · noun — nominative singular masculine
God	θεοῦ theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
men	ἀνθρώπων, anthrōpōn	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — genitive plural masculine
man	ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — nominative singular masculine
Christ	Χριστὸς Christos	G5547	anointed · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς Iēsous	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we…
Galatians 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under…
Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace a…
Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 2:1-8

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 prayer, as we have reason to think he would if he had intended that ministers should be tied to that way of praying; but, in general, that they should make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks: supplications for the averting of evil, prayers for the obtaining of good, intercessions for others, and thanksgivings for mercies already received. Paul thought it enough to give them general heads; they, having the scripture to direct them in prayer and the Spirit of prayer poured…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 2:5

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, Rom 3:30; Gal 3:20); therefore all are to be prayed for. Ti1 2:4 is proved from Ti1 2:5; Ti1 2:1, from Ti1 2:4. The one God is common to all (Isa 45:22; Act 17:26). The one Mediator is mediator between God and all men potentially (Rom 3:29; Eph 4:5-6; Heb 8:6; Heb 9:15; Heb 12:24). They who have not this one God by one Mediator, have none: literally, a "go-between." The Greek order is not "and one mediator," but "one mediator also between . . . While God will have all men to be saved by kn…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 2:5

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, signifies, literally, a middle person, one whose office it is to reconcile two parties at enmity; and hence Suidas explains it by ειρηνοποιος, 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 man, both God and men met in and were reconciled by him. But this reconciliation required a sacrifice on the part of the peace-maker or mediator; hence what follows.

The Church Fathers

This refers to the perfect humanity by which salvation is wrought. The fact that Jesus shares a common humanity with us is the whole key to salvation.
— Theodore of Mopsuestia, COMMENTARY ON 1 TIMOTHY

Now, in order that He might be shown to have together in Himself at once the nature of God and that of man,-as the apostle, too, says: "Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
— Hippolytus of Rome, Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments

There is one conciliator of peace, who joins in himself what has been in disjunction. Paul calls Christ man precisely because he is the Mediator, the one in whom human and divine natures are joined in friendship.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Mediator — One who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile them. This word is not found in the Old Testament; but the idea it expresses is found in Job 9:33, in the word…
Redemption — The purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom. The Greek word so rendered is apolutrosis, a word occurring nine times in Scripture, and always with the idea of a…
Timothy, Epistles Of Paul To — The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistle was probably written…
Atonement, The · Effected by Christ alone — Effected by Christ alone
Christ, The Mediator · The only one between God and man — The only one between God and man
Excellency And Glory Of Christ, The · As Mediator — As Mediator
Human Nature Of Christ, The · Was necessary to his mediatorial office — Was necessary to his mediatorial office
Titles And Names Of Christ · Mediator — Mediator
Unity Of God · Asserted by: Apostles — Asserted by: Apostles

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Timothy 2:5

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 2:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 2:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 2:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Timothy 2:5

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 2:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 2:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 2:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Timothy 2:5

John Calvin on 1 Timothy 2:5-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Timothy 2:5-6