[american colleen]

I Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

I Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

I Timothy 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

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[dangus]

No, Colleen, you take it too far.

"All," as used in Timothy does not refer to each and every individual, but to every portion of the whole. IOW: "All people" people of every categorization, not each and every individual. The bible says, "then went all of Judea to be baptized." There were over a million people in Judea. Did John Baptise each and every one of them? Did Caiaphas and Annas get baptised by John? Of course not.

[HarleyD]

Actually, I was just reading an article by John Calvin, the man himself, on 1 Timothy 2:3-5. He explains this quite well but the style is a tad bit hard to read. If you're interested here's the link.

The Salvation of All Men by the one, the only John Calvin

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