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Does "ransom for all" (1 Timothy 2:6) mean everyone?

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Chuck Smith read the ransom inside its own sentence. Two verses earlier Paul names the God "who will have all men to be saved," and Chuck took it as written: "Here Paul tells us that God desires that all men be saved." The ransom is for that same all: "Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time" (1 Timothy 2:6). Read Chuck on 1 Timothy 2:4 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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CHUCK SMITH ON 1 TIMOTHY 2:4 →SEE ALSO: DOES 1 TIMOTHY 2:4 MEAN ALL KINDS OF MEN? →HEAR PASTOR CHUCK TEACH THIS AT PASTORCHUCK.ORG →

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