1 Timothy 2:3-5

2:3 Such prayer for all ¹  is good and welcomed before God our Savior, 2:4 since he wants ²  all people ³  to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 2:5 For there is one God and one intermediary ⁴  between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “this”; the referent (such prayer for all, referring to vv. 1-2) is specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “who wants…” (but showing why such prayer is pleasing to God).

³ tn Grk “all men”; but here ἀνθρώπους (anqrwpous) is used generically, referring to both men and women.

⁴ tn Traditionally this word (μεσίτης, mesith") is rendered “mediator,” but this conveys a wrong impression in contemporary English. Jesus was not a mediator, for example, who worked for compromise between opposing parties. Instead he was the only one able to go between man and God to enable them to have a relationship, but entirely on God’s terms.

⁵ tn Grk “one mediator between God and mankind, the human, Christ Jesus.”