Neither is there salvation in any other
Meaning not corporeal healing, but spiritual and eternal
salvation; the Syriac version renders it, neither is there
(anqrwp) , "redemption in
any other": Christ is the only Saviour and Redeemer, who was
promised and prophesied of as such; who has saved and redeemed
his people from the law, sin, and Satan; nor is salvation to be
sought and hoped for from any other; not in a man's self, nor in
any other creature, angels or men; not in and by his own works,
and legal righteousness; not by obedience to the law of Moses,
moral or ceremonial; nor by the light of nature, much less by an
observance of the traditions of the elders: for there is
none other name;
thing or person, be it ever so great, or whatever show of power
and strength, of holiness and religion, it makes; as the name of
kings, princes, and the great men in the world; or of ministers
and preachers in the church; or even of Christians and believers,
which may be only a name to live; none but the name of Jesus, his
person, blood, and righteousness: under heaven:
throughout the whole earth, in all the nations and kingdoms of
it; nor even in heaven itself, among all the mighty angels there,
thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers; none but the
Father and the Spirit, who are one with Christ: there is none but
he given among men;
and he has been freely given by his Father, as an instance of his
matchless love to the world; and also freely given by himself, to
be a sacrifice for the sins of his people; and is freely preached
among men, as the only Saviour of them; for there is no other,
whereby we must be saved:
God resolved in his purposes and decrees, in his council and
covenant, upon the salvation of his chosen people; and he
appointed his Son to be the salvation of them, and determined he
would save them by him, and by no other, and in no other way;
wherefore, whoever are saved, must be saved by him, see (
Hosea 1:7 ) the
Arabic version adds, "unless by him only".