1 Timothy 2:6

1 Timothy 2:6. A ransom for all. The words at once repeat and interpret those which St. Matthew (Matthew 20:28) records as spoken by our Lord Himself. There a ‘ransom' simply, here ‘a ransom paid as in exchange;' there ‘ instead of many,' here ‘ on behalf of all.'

Gave himself. Not limited to the death upon the cross, though culminating in that highest act of self-surrender.

To be testified. Better ‘ the testimony,' i.e. the witness which was needed, and in its own special season was given (comp. Galatians 4:4), to make known to men the saving will of God.