1 Timothy 2:5

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Summary

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

One god

Ephesians 4:6

And

The man

Revelation 1:13

General references

James 2:19

Bible References

One god

Jesus replied, "The chief one is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou hast sent, even Jesus Christ.

Or is God only the God of Jews? Is he not the God of the Gentiles as well? Surely he is.

(an intermediary implies more than one party, but God is one).

one God and Father of all, who is over us all, who pervades us all, who is within us all.

And

Hence for all time he is able to save those who approach God through him, as he is always living to intercede on their behalf.

As it is, however, the divine service he has obtained is superior, owing to the fact that he mediates a superior covenant, enacted with superior promises.

He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant.

to Jesus who mediates the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood whose message is nobler than Abel's.

The man

The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

but the angel said to them, "Have no fear. This is good news I am bringing you, news of a great joy that is meant for all the People.

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';

Though he was divine by nature, he did not set store upon equality with God

One writer, as we know, has affirmed, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

and in the middle of the lampstands One who resembled a human being, with a long robe, and a belt of gold round his breast;

General references

You believe in one God? Well and good. So do the devils, and they shudder.