Parallel Verses

Sawyer New Testament

who wishes all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of 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.

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.

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 acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, 4 who wishes all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator of God and man, the man Christ Jesus,

Cross References

2 Timothy 2:25

in meekness correcting the adversaries, that God may give them a change of mind to a knowledge of the truth,

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God that pertains to salvation appeared to all men,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in respect to his promise, as some men account slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to a change of mind.

2 Timothy 3:7

always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins,

Matthew 28:19

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in 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, preach the good news to all the creation;

Luke 1:77

to give a knowledge of salvation to his people, with a forgiveness of sins,

Luke 14:23

And the Lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled;

Luke 24:47

and that a change of mind and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 3:15-17

that every one believing in him may have eternal life.

John 6:37

Every thing which the Father gives to me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will by no means cast out;

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me.

John 17:17

Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth.

Romans 3:29-30

Is God [a God] of the Jews alone? and not also of the gentiles? Yes, also of the gentiles,

Romans 10:12-15

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him.

2 Corinthians 5:17-19

So that if any one is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile to all men,

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end we also labor and suffer reproach, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.

Titus 1:1

PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to piety,

Revelation 14:6

And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the eternal gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,

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