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1 Timothy 2:3-5
New Catholic Bible
1 Timothy 2:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 To do so is right and acceptable to God our Savior, 4 who desires everyone to be saved and to come to full knowledge of the truth.
5 [a]For there is one God,
and there is one mediator between God and man,
Christ Jesus, himself a man,
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 2:5 This text was probably part of a very early creed. Some scholars regard it as a Christian version of the Jewish shema: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord, our God, is Lord alone . . .” (Deut 6:4f). The Letter to the Hebrews gives a lengthy development of this central affirmation of the Christian faith.
