Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
One God (eiv qeov). Regular Pauline argument for a universal gospel (Galatians 3:20; Romans 3:30; Ephesians 4:6).
One mediator (eiv mesithv). Late word (Polybius, Philo) from mesov (middle), a middle man. In N.T. only here, Galatians 3:20; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 12:24.
Between God and men (qeou kai anqrwpwn). Ablative case (though objective genitive may explain it) after mesithv (notion of separation) as in Romans 10:12; Hebrews 5:14.
Himself man (anqrwpov). No "himself" (autov) in the Greek.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 2:5:
1 Corinthians 14:6
Galatians 3:19
Hebrews 8:6
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