Exegetical Notes: 1 Timothy 2...Continued from page 2

6. gave himself--( Titus 2:14 ). Not only the Father gave Him for us ( John 3:16 ); but the Son gave Himself ( Philippians 2:5-8 ).
ransom--properly of a captive slave. Man was the captive slave of Satan, sold under sin. He was unable to ransom himself, because absolute obedience is due to God, and therefore no act of ours can satisfy for the least offense. Leviticus 25:48 allowed one sold captive to be redeemed by one of his brethren. The Son of God, therefore, became man in order that, being made like unto us in all things, sin only excepted, as our elder brother He should redeem us ( Matthew 20:28 , Ephesians 1:7 , 1 Peter 1:18 1 Peter 1:19 ). The Greek implies not merely ransom, but a substituted or equivalent ransom: the Greek preposition, "anti," implying reciprocity and vicarious substitution.
for all--Greek, "in behalf of all": not merely for a privileged few; compare 1 Timothy 2:1 :the argument for praying in behalf of all is given here.
to be testified--Greek, "the testimony (that which was to be testified of, 1 John 5:8-11 ) in its own due times," or seasons, that is, in the times appointed by God for its being testified of ( 1 Timothy 6:15 , Titus 1:3 ). The oneness of the Mediator, involving the universality of redemption (which faith, however, alone appropriates), was the great subject of Christian testimony [ALFORD] ( 1 Corinthians 1:6 , 2:1 , 2 Thessalonians 1:10 ).

7. Whereunto--For the giving of which testimony.
I am ordained--literally, "I was set": the same Greek, as "putting me," &c. ( 1 Timothy 1:12 ).
preacher--literally, "herald" ( 1 Corinthians 1:21 , 9:27 , 15:11 , 2 Timothy 1:11 , Titus 1:3 ). He recurs to himself, as in 1 Timothy 1:16 , in himself a living pattern or announcement of the Gospel, so here "a herald and teacher of (it to) the Gentiles" ( Galatians 2:9 Ephesians 3:1-12 Colossians 1:23 ). The universality of his commission is an appropriate assertion here, where he is arguing to prove that prayers are to be made "for all men" ( 1 Timothy 2:1 ).
I speak the truth . . . and lie not--a strong asseveration of his universal commission, characteristic of the ardor of the apostle, exposed to frequent conflict ( Romans 11:1 , 2 Corinthians 11:13 ).
in faith and verity--rather, "in the faith and the truth." The sphere in which his ministry was appointed to be exercised was the faith and the truth ( 1 Timothy 2:4 ): the Gospel truth, the subject matter of the faith [WIESINGER].