11 translations · Greek
1 Timothy 2:4
who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
- KJV King James Version
- Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- who wills all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- He wants everyone to be saved, and come to understand what truth really is.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;
- DBY Darby Translation
- who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὃς | hos | who | G3739 ὅς which |
| πάντας | pantas | everyone | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ἀνθρώπους | anthrōpous | — | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| θέλει | thelei | wants | G2309 θέλω to will/desire |
| σωθῆναι | sōthēnai | to be saved | G4982 σῴζω to save |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 εἰς toward |
| ἐπίγνωσιν | epignōsin | [the] knowledge | G1922 ἐπίγνωσις knowledge |
| ἀληθείας | alētheias | of [the] truth | G225 ἀλήθεια truth |
| ἐλθεῖν | elthein | to come | G2064 ἔρχομαι to come/go |
Related verses
- Ezekiel 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!
- 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
- Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord Yahweh; “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
- Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
- Ezekiel 33:11
Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’
- John 3:15–17
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
- 2 Timothy 2:25
in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
- Romans 10:12–15
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? …
- Isaiah 45:22
“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- 1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
4 who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;
Read all of 1 Timothy 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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