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1 Timothy 2:5
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KJ21
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
ASV
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
AMP
For there is [only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,
AMPC
For there [is only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
BRG
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
CSB
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
CSBA
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
CEB
There is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the human Christ Jesus,
CJB
For God is one; and there is but one Mediator between God and humanity, Yeshua the Messiah, himself human,
CEV
There is only one God, and Christ Jesus is the only one who can bring us to God. Jesus was truly human, and he gave himself to rescue all of us.
DARBY
For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,
DLNT
For there is one God, and one mediator of God and people— the man Christ Jesus,
DRA
For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus:
ERV
There is only one God, and there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who as a man
EASY
There is only one God. There is also only one person who brings God and people together. That person is Christ Jesus, who became a man himself.
EHV
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
ESV
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
ESVUK
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
EXB
[L For] There is one God and one ·mediator [intermediary] ·so that human beings can reach God [L between God and human beings], Christ Jesus, who is himself human.
GNV
For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and man, which is the man Christ Jesus,
GW
There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and humans—a human, Christ Jesus.
GNT
For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus,
HCSB
For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, Himself human,
ICB
There is only one God. And there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ, who is also a man.
ISV
There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings—a human, the Messiah Jesus.
PHILLIPS
In the sight of God our saviour this is undoubtedly the right thing to pray for; for his purpose is that all men should be saved and come to realise the truth. And that is, that there is only one God, and only one intermediary between God and men, Jesus Christ the man. He gave himself as a ransom for us all—an act of redemption which happened once, but which stands for all times as a witness to what he is.
JUB
For there is only one God and likewise only one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
KJV
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
AKJV
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
LSB
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
LEB
For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus,
TLB
That God is on one side and all the people on the other side, and Christ Jesus, himself man, is between them to bring them together,
MSG
He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned: that there’s one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth.
MEV
There is one God and one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
MOUNCE
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and people; a person, Christ Jesus,
NOG
There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and humans—a human, Christ Yeshua.
NABRE
For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and the human race, Christ Jesus, himself human,
NASB
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,
NASB1995
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
NCB
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus, himself a man,
NCV
There is one God and one mediator so that human beings can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who is himself human.
NET
For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,
NIRV
There is only one God. And there is only one go-between for God and human beings. He is the man Christ Jesus.
NIV
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
NIVUK
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
NKJV
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
NLV
There is one God. There is one Man standing between God and men. That Man is Christ Jesus.
NLT
For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.
NMB
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, which is the man Christ Jesus,
NRSVA
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human,
NRSVACE
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human,
NRSVCE
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human,
NRSVUE
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human,
NTFE
For, you see, There is one God, and also one mediator between God and humans, Messiah Jesus, himself a human being.
OJB
For Adonoi echad hu (there is one G-d) and there is also metavekh echad (one melitz, IYOV 33:23, YESHAYAH 43:27; cf. DEVARIM 5:5,22-31), one between Hashem and kol Bnei Adam, the man Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua,
RGT
For there is one God - and one Mediator between God and man - Who is the man, Christ Jesus.
RSV
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
RSVCE
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
TLV
For there is one God and there is one Mediator between God and men—a human, Messiah Yeshua,
VOICE
Because There is one God and one Mediator between God and us— the man Jesus, God’s Anointed,
WEB
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
WE
There is one God. There is also one man who can open the way between God and all people. That man is Christ Jesus.
WYC
For one God and one mediator is of God and of men, a man Christ Jesus,
YLT
for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,
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