1 Timothy 2:4
whose will is that everyone should be saved, and attain to a full knowledge of the truth.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
In Context
3This will be good and acceptable in the eyes of God, our Savior,
5There is but one God, and one mediator between God and humanity – the human, Christ Jesus,
Cross References
Habakkuk 2:14and the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the seas are full of water.
Mark 16:15Then he said to them, “Go into all the world, and proclaim the good news to all creation.
Luke 14:23‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 2:2-9
Universal Prayer Recommended. ( a. d. 64.) 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ… Read the whole commentary →