1 Timothy 2:6 (DBY)

Passage

who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 2:4 who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.

1 Timothy 2:5 For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;

1 Timothy 2:7 to which *I* have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak [the] truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of [the] nations in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gave", "himself", "ransom", "testimony", "rendered", and "times". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gave" and "himself", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For God is one and the mediator..." into verse 7's "to which I have been appointed a...", so "gave" and "himself" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "gave" and "himself" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.