1 Timothy 2:4 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

1 Timothy 2:4

2 ^afor kings and ^ball who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and² reverence.

3 For this is ^agood and acceptable in the sight ^bof God our Savior,

4 ^awho desires all men to be saved ^band to come to the knowledge of the truth.

5 ^aFor there is one God and ^bone Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

6 ^awho gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,

7 ^afor which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth¹ in Christ and not lying—^ba teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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8 I desire therefore that the men pray ^aeverywhere, ^blifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;

Commentaries:

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1 Timothy 2:4

Willeth (qelei). God's wish and will in so far as he can influence men.

That all men should be saved (pantav anqrwpouv swqhnai). First aorist passive infinitive of swzw with accusative of general reference. See I Corinthians 10:33; II Corinthians 5:18 f.

To the knowledge (eiv epignwsin). "The full knowledge" as in Colossians 1:6; Ephesians 4:13 (ten times in Paul). See II Timothy 3:7 for the whole phrase "full knowledge of the truth" (alhqeia 14 times in the Pastorals). Paul is anxious as in Colossians and Ephesians that the Gnostics may not lead the people astray. They need the full intellectual apprehension of Christianity.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 2:4:

Titus 1:1
2 Peter 3:9

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