Parallel Verses

Montgomery New Testament

whose will it is that all men should be saved, and come into full knowledge of the truth.

New American Standard Bible

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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 to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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 wishes all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge and recognition of the [divine] truth.

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.

Darby Translation

who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of 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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Who
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

will have
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

men
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

to be saved
σώζω 
Sozo 
Usage: 79

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

to come
ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

the knowledge
ἐπίγνωσις 
Epignosis 
Usage: 20

Images 1 Timothy 2:4

Prayers for 1 Timothy 2:4

Context Readings

Instructions To Pray For All People

3 For this is good and pleasing in the eyes of our Saviour God, 4 whose will it is that all men should be saved, and come into full knowledge of the truth. 5 For God is one; and one is mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus,

Cross References

2 Timothy 2:25

He must be gentle when instructing opponents; for possibly God may give them a change of mind for the recognition of the truth,

Titus 2:11

"For God's grace has shined forth bringing salvation to all men

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

2 Timothy 3:7

and led captive by ever-changing impulses, are always learning but never able to arrive at knowledge of truth.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any other sacrifice for sins,

Matthew 28:19

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into 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 gospel to the whole creation.

Luke 1:77

"To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins,

Luke 14:23

"Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

Luke 24:47

"and that repentance unto remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 3:15-17

in order that every one who believes in him may have eternal life.

John 6:37

"Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.

John 17:17

Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth.

Romans 3:29-30

Is God then the God of the Jews alone, and not of the Gentiles also? He is God of the Gentiles also,

Romans 10:12-15

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto all who call upon Him;

2 Corinthians 5:17-19

So there is a new creation when any man is in Christ. The old life has passed away, behold, the new is come.

1 Timothy 4:10

"We toil and agonize because our hopes are set on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all men,??f believers in particular.

Titus 1:1

To Titus, my true son in a common faith, from Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and to the knowledge of the truth which goes with piety;

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel who was flying in mid-heaven. He had an eternal evangel, to evangelize all the dwellers on the earth, of every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

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