1 Timothy 2:6
“Who gaue himselfe a ransome for all, to be testified in due time.”
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1 Timothy 2:6 Context
4Who will haue all men to bee saued, and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth. 5For there is one God, and one Mediatour betweene God and men, the man Christ Iesus, 6Who gaue himselfe a ransome for all, to be testified in due time. 7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an Apostle (I speake the trueth in Christ, and lie not) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and veritie. 8I will therefore that men pray euery where, lifting vp holy handes without wrath, and doubting.
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Other Translations for 1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
- King James Version
who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony {given} at the proper time.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony `to be borne' in its own times;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;
- Basic English Bible
who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;
- Darby Bible
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
- Webster's Bible
who gave Himself as the redemption price for all--a fact testified to at its own appointed time,
- Weymouth Bible
who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;
- World English Bible
that yaf him silf redempcioun for alle men. Whos witnessing is confermyd in his tymes;
- Wycliffe Bible
who did give himself a ransom for all -- the testimony in its own times --
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Timothy 2:6
2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all - Such a ransom, the word signifies, wherein a like or equal is given; as an eye for an eye, or life for life: and this ransom, from the dignity of the person redeeming, was more than equivalent to all mankind. To be testified of in due season - Literally, in his own seasons; those chosen by his own wisdom.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Timothy 2:6
1Ti 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all. Not for an elect nation, like the Jews, or for the elect individuals arbitrarily selected, but for all men. All men have been redeemed by his blood, if they will accept the ransom. To be testified in due time. The testimony, or preaching of this ransom, was to be given at due seasons.