Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Holman Bible
who wants everyone
International Standard Version
who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully.
A Conservative Version
who wants all men to be saved and to come to knowledge of truth.
American Standard Version
who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Amplified
who
An Understandable Version
who wants all people to be saved and come to a [full] knowledge of the truth.
Anderson New Testament
who is willing that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Bible in Basic English
Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.
Common New Testament
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
who wills that all men be saved, by embracing the truth.
Godbey New Testament
who wishes all men to be saved, and to come to the perfect knowledge of the truth.
Goodspeed New Testament
who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth.
John Wesley New Testament
Who willeth all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Julia Smith Translation
Who wills all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
King James 2000
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Modern King James verseion
who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which will have all men saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Moffatt New Testament
to the God who desires all men to be saved and to attain the knowledge of the Truth.
Montgomery New Testament
whose will it is that all men should be saved, and come into full knowledge of the truth.
NET Bible
since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
New Heart English Bible
who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
Noyes New Testament
whose will is that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Sawyer New Testament
who wishes all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth.
The Emphasized Bible
Who willeth, all men, to be saved, and, unto a personal knowledge of truth, to come;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who wills all men to be saved, and come to the acknowledgment of truth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
whose will is that every one should be saved, and attain to a full knowledge of the Truth.
Webster
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Weymouth New Testament
who is willing for all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth.
Williams New Testament
who is ever willing for all mankind to be saved and to come to an increasing knowledge of the truth.
World English Bible
who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
Worrell New Testament
Who wisheth all men to be saved, and to come into a full knowledge of truth.
Worsley New Testament
who is willing that all men should be saved, and therefore come to the knowledge of the truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;
Themes
The atonement » Exhibits the » Grace and mercy of God
divine Call » For worship of God » Universal
Desires » What the lord desires
God's Call » Examples of Leadership » Universality of
Love » Love, brotherly special teachings concerning » Universal
Opportunity » Universal » Salvation possible to all men
Salvation » Conditions of » Possible to all men
Salvation » God is willing to give
Sinners » Conditions of » Possible to all men
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 2:4
Prayers for 1 Timothy 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instructions To Pray For All People
3 for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God, 4 who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For God is one, and the mediator of God and men one, the man Christ Jesus,
Cross References
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?
Ezekiel 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live.
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Timothy 3:7
always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Hebrews 10:26
For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
Isaiah 45:22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isaiah 49:6
and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah 53:11
He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 55:1
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price!
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.
Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
Mark 16:15
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.
Luke 1:77
to give knowledge of deliverance to his people by the remission of their sins
Luke 14:23
And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;
Luke 24:47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem.
John 3:15-17
that every one who believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
John 6:37
All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.
John 14:6
Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.
John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth.
Romans 3:29-30
Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also:
Romans 10:12-15
For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich towards all that call upon him.
2 Corinthians 5:17-19
So if any one be in Christ, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and are against all men,
1 Timothy 4:10
for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.
Titus 1:1
Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which is according to piety;
Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the everlasting glad tidings to announce to those settled on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,