who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;
It was by the sin of man that death entered the human race. As Paul says in his Roman letter, it was "death by sin, and so death passed upon all men for they all have sinned" (Romans 5:12). With the sentence of death passed upon all men, Jesus took our place as a substitute and died for us. He paid the price of death for us. He was the ransom! Although that price was sufficient to make a way for our freedom from death’s sentence, it is effective only to those who will submit their lives and will to the Lord.