who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
Parallel translations
- WEB who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;
- KJV Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
- BSB who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
- NASB who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
- NLT He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.
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Quick answer
Christ gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. It points to the cross as the price paid for our redemption.
Overview
Paul describes Christ's self-giving as a 'ransom for all,' the heart of his atoning work. The 'testimony in its own times' marks this as God's appointed revelation in history. The verse declares the gospel that Christ's death secures redemption for those who come to Him.
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- Matt 20:28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- 1 Jn 2:1–2My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
- Rev 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
- Gal 4:4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
- 1 Jn 4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 1 Cor 1:6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
- Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- Eph 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Job 33:24then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
- 1 Tim 6:15which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
- 2 Cor 5:21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Pet 2:24who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
- Titus 1:3but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
- John 10:15even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
- 2 Cor 5:14–15For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
- 1 Pet 1:18–19knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
- John 6:51I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
- Mark 10:45For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- Isa 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- 1 Jn 5:11–12The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- Rev 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
- 2 Th 1:10when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
- 2 Tim 1:8Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
- Rom 16:26—
- Eph 1:7in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- Heb 9:12nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.
- Eph 1:9–10making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
- Eph 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
- Rom 5:6For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- Eph 3:5which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
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