1 Timothy 2:4

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God wants everyone to be saved and to fully understand the truth.

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:32

I don’t want to kill you! Please come back and live!” This is what the Lord GOD said.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not being slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be lost. He wants everyone to change their ways and stop sinning.

Ezekiel 18:23

The Lord GOD says, “I don’t want evil people to die. I want them to change their lives so that they can live!

Titus 2:11

That is the way we should live, because God’s grace has come. That grace can save everyone.

Ezekiel 33:11

“You must say to them, ‘The Lord GOD says: By my life, I swear that I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want them to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so that they can really live. So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’

2 Timothy 2:25

You must gently teach those who don’t agree with you. Maybe God will let them change their hearts so that they can accept the truth.

1 Timothy 4:10

We hope in the living God, the Savior of all people. In particular, he is the Savior of all those who believe in him. This is why we work and struggle.

Isaiah 45:22

So all you people in faraway places, turn to me and be saved, because I am God, and there is no other.

Luke 24:47

You saw these things happen—you are witnesses. You must go and tell people that they must change and turn to God, which will bring them his forgiveness. You must start from Jerusalem and tell this message in my name to the people of all nations.

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying high in the air. The angel had the eternal Good News to announce to the people living on earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and race of people.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

Matthew 28:19

So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Titus 1:1

Greetings from Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was sent to help God’s chosen people have faith and understand the truth that produces a life of devotion to God.

Isaiah 55:1

“All you people who are thirsty, come! Here is water for you to drink. Don’t worry if you have no money. Come, eat and drink until you are full! You don’t need money. The milk and wine are free.

2 Timothy 3:7

These women always want to learn something new, but they are never able to fully understand the truth.

Luke 14:23

The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads. Tell the people there to come. I want my house to be full!

Luke 1:77

You will make his people understand that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

Isaiah 49:6

And now he says, “You are a very important servant to me. You must bring back to me the tribes of Jacob. You must bring back the people of Israel who are still alive. But I have something else for you to do that is even more important: I will make you a light for the other nations. You will show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

John 17:17

Make them ready for your service through your truth. Your teaching is truth.

John 6:37

The Father gives me my people. Every one of them will come to me. I will always accept them.

Mark 16:15

He said to them, “Go everywhere in the world. Tell the Good News to everyone.

Hebrews 10:26

If we decide to continue sinning after we have learned the truth, then there is no other sacrifice that will take away sins.

Habakkuk 2:14

Then people everywhere will know about the Glory of the Lord. This news will spread just as water spreads out into the sea.

Isaiah 53:11

After his suffering he will see the light, and he will be satisfied with what he experienced. The Lord says, “My servant, who always does what is right, will make his people right with me; he will take away their sins.

Romans 11:14

I hope I can make my own people jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.

James 3:14

If you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, you have no reason to boast. Your boasting is a lie that hides the truth.

2 John 1:1

Greetings from the Elder. To the lady chosen by God and to her children. I truly love all of you. And I am not the only one. All those who know the truth love you in the same way.