Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
To this end (eiv touto). The godliness (eusebeia) of verse I Timothy 4:8. See II Corinthians 6:10 as Paul's own commentary.
We labour (kopiwmen, Colossians 1:29)
and strive (kai agwnizomeqa, Colossians 1:29). Both Pauline words.
Because we have set our hope (oti elpikamen). Perfect active indicative of elpizw (Romans 15:12).
Saviour of all men (swthr pantwn anqrwpwn). See I Timothy 1:1 for swthr applied to God as here. Not that all men "are saved" in the full sense, but God gives life (I Timothy 6:13) to all (Acts 17:28).
Specially of them that believe (malista pistwn). Making a distinction in the kinds of salvation meant. "While God is potentially Saviour of all, He is actually Saviour of the pistoi" (White). So Jesus is termed "Saviour of the World" (John 4:42). Cf. Galatians 6:10.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 4:10:
John 5:45
1 Timothy 1:1
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