5 For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.
There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts.
So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:
Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these. And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he: And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.
But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account? You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands: You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now. But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men. Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain. For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers, Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church. And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God; But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit. But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit. The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.
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Commentary on 1 Timothy 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
In this chapter Paul treats,
1Ti 2:1-8
Here is,
1Ti 2:9-15