Bible Discussion Thread

In 1 Timothy 2:6 it says Ransom for all , the Greek word for ransom here corresponding ransom,

question ,

please explain corresponding to what. as a ransom here means equal amount so jesus life was equal to what. cant be to sinful man as Jesus was a perfect man

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. ( 1 Cor 7:23)

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. ( Matt 26:28)

thank you for your reply , i don't think it answers my question, hope you dont mind if i askit again this way

you say we were bought with a price but the translation says the cost was corresponding ransom,( price)

was it the same imperfect price for imperfect people, or a greater price for imperfect people, corresponding to what.

for instance , 1 ton weight in exchange for a 1 ton weight is a corresponding exchange, if jesus was perfect how could perfection be equal exchange for imperfection .

Peace,

Look at the last part of this verse:

Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 Pet 2:22, Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

I guess it's like this, I'm a sinner, I deserve to die, Jesus did no sin, He paid the penalty for my sin when He died on the cross, I guess that's the same as He paid the ransom, so that a sinner like I could go free, He paid the price.

God bless you.

I think maybe you think wrong about the word ransom, you can look it up in Webster's Dictionary from 1828. But some things are hard to understand, we need revelation from God. It's good that you're trying to understand, search and you'll find.

-Hi Jonaton , thank you for your comments, Please don't take this the wrong way, but saying you guess or think the answer, is not the answer im looking for, I found the Koni Greek word for ransom, means a" corresponding to" instead of /exchange price, (Strong's Greek ).

Hi Jonaton Thank you for your comments, I hope i don't offend you by saying, that you comments I think or I guess , is your opinion

and I appreciate that. but I'm looking for exact scriptural understanding, as the Kone Greek for Ransom at 1 Tim 2:6 translates as " Corresponding sacrifice" (Strong's Greek).

Am i right to assume Jesus paid ransom, that corresponds to the life given up by Adam that plunged us into sin and death and Jesus bought us back by giving up his perfect life.

Isaiah 51:10

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Jeremiah 31:11

For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Matthew 20:28

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

1 Timothy 2:6

Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.