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This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
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who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
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who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time.
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For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.