1 Timothy 2:4 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴ who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

Common English Bible

⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:4 Cross References

Isaiah 45:22

“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Isaiah 49:6

he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 53:11

he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 55:1

“Ho, every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Ezekiel 18:23

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?

Ezekiel 18:32

For I have no pleasure in the death of any one, says the Lord God; so turn, and live.”

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Habakkuk 2:14

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of 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 and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Luke 1:77

to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,

Luke 14:23

And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.

Luke 24:47

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

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.

John 17:17

Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth.

John 6:37

All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.

Romans 11:14

in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth,

2 Timothy 3:7

who will listen to anybody and can never arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2 John 1:1

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;