1 Timothy 2:5: The One Mediator, Christ Jesus
The bridge to salvation is not a prayer, a church, or a decision but a person. Because there is one God, there is one mediator, and 1 Timothy 2:5 names him.
Christ, the One Mediator: 1 Timothy 2:5–6
Paul grounds the church's prayer for all people in a single fact: there is one God, and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all.
Did Jesus die for everyone or only the elect? A Biblical Guide
Paul grounds the church's prayer for every person, rulers included, in God's own saving desire and in the one mediator, Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all. The text asserts both the breadth of that ransom and the exclusivity of the mediator without explaining how they fit together.