1 Timothy 2:3-7

Living Bible

³ This is good and pleases God our Savior, ⁴ for he longs for all to be saved and to understand this truth: ⁵ That God is on one side and all the people on the other side, and Christ Jesus, himself man, is between them to bring them together, ⁶ by giving his life for all mankind.

This is the message that at the proper time God gave to the world. ⁷ And I have been chosen—this is the absolute truth—as God’s minister and missionary to teach this truth to the Gentiles and to show them God’s plan of salvation through faith.