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For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:5 · World English Bible
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  • KJV For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
  • BSB For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  • NKJV For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
  • NASB For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,
  • NLT For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • 1 Cor 8:6yet 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.
  • Gal 3:20Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
  • Heb 9:15For 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.
  • Heb 7:25Therefore 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.
  • Deut 6:4Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.
  • Heb 12:24to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
  • John 1:14The 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.
  • Isa 44:6This 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.
  • Phil 2:6–8who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
  • Rom 3:29–30Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
  • John 17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 10:12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
  • Heb 8:6But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
  • Eph 4:6one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
  • Mark 12:29–33Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
  • Heb 2:6–13But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
  • Luke 2:10–11The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
  • 1 Cor 15:45–47So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • 1 Cor 8:4Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
  • Job 9:33There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
  • Rev 1:13And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
  • Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

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