11 translations · Greek
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- KJV King James Version
- For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- ASV American Standard Version
- For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for [there is] one God, also one mediator of God and of men—the man Christ Jesus,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For there is one God, and one mediator of God and mankind—the man Christ Jesus.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Εἷς | Heis | [there is] one | G1520 εἷς one |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| Θεός | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| εἷς | heis | one | G1520 εἷς one |
| καὶ | kai | and [there is] | G2532 καί and |
| μεσίτης | mesitēs | mediator | G3316 μεσίτης mediator |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | between God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀνθρώπων | anthrōpōn | men | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | [the] man | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| Χριστὸς | Christos | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- Galatians 3:20
Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
- Hebrews 9:15
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
- Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
- Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.
- Hebrews 12:24
to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Isaiah 44:6
This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- Philippians 2:6–8
who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
- Romans 3:29–30
Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
4 who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;
7 to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Read all of 1 Timothy 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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