1 Timothy 2:5KJV

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

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The one mediator is explicitly identified in his genuine humanity.

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Paul grounds prayer for all people in the one God and Christ's saving mediation.

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Mediation does not require a second God; it requires the real man Christ Jesus.

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