1Ti 2:5 | RWP | e4.org | One God ( εις θεος ). Regular Pauline argument for a universal gospel ( ; ; ). One mediator ( εις μεσιτης ). Late word (Polybius, Philo) from μεσος (middle), a middle man. In N.T. only here, ; ; ; . Between God and men ( θεου κα ανθρωπων ). Ablative case (though objective genitive may explain it) after μεσιτης (notion of separation) as in ; . Himself man ( ανθρωπος ). No "himself" ( αυτος ) in the Greek.

‏ 1 Timothy 2:5

One God ( εις θεος ). Regular Pauline argument for a universal gospel (Ga 3:20; Ro 3:30; Eph 4:6).

One mediator ( εις μεσιτης ). Late word (Polybius, Philo) from μεσος (middle), a middle man. In N.T. only here, Ga 3:20; Heb 8:6; 9:15; 12:24.

Between God and men ( θεου κα ανθρωπων ). Ablative case (though objective genitive may explain it) after μεσιτης (notion of separation) as in Ro 10:12; Heb 5:14.

Himself man ( ανθρωπος ). No "himself" ( αυτος ) in the Greek.