Acts 10:43
1 Timothy 2:5-6
5,6.One God, and one mediator--a ransom for all; these words contain the ground of the preceding exhortation to pray for all men, and declaration that God desires the salvation of all men. All have one God for their Father, and one Mediator who gave himself a ransom for all.To be testified in due time; literally, as the margin, the testimony in, or for, its own times. The apostle means that this high doctrine which he has just stated is one of the mysteries not hitherto clearly revealed, but reserved by God to be made known, through the testimony of his Spirit, in its appointed time, which is the present. As there is but one Mediator between God and men, and as he has given himself a ransom for all, wills that all should hear of him, believe on him, and be saved, and has made it our duty to use all means in our power to accomplish this, it is evident that he has made provision for and desires their salvation; and that if any to whom Christ is made known are not saved, it is their own fault.
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