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1 Timothy 2:4

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Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
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  1. Ezekiel 18:32Rank 1 from verse 4
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    32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

  2. 2 Peter 3:9Rank 2 from verse 4
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    9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

  3. Ezekiel 18:23Rank 3 from verse 4
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    23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

  4. Titus 2:11Rank 4 from verse 4
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    11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

  5. Ezekiel 33:11Rank 5 from verse 4
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    11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  6. John 3:15–17Rank 6 from verse 4
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    15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

    16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

  7. 2 Timothy 2:25Rank 7 from verse 4
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    25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

  8. Romans 10:12–15Rank 8 from verse 4
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    12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

    13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

    14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

    15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

  9. 1 Timothy 4:10Rank 9 from verse 4
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    10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

  10. Isaiah 45:22Rank 10 from verse 4
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    22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  11. Luke 24:47Rank 11 from verse 4
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    47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

  12. Revelation 14:6Rank 12 from verse 4
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    6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

  13. 2 Corinthians 5:17–19Rank 13 from verse 4
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    17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

    18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

    19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

  14. John 14:6Rank 14 from verse 4
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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  15. Matthew 28:19Rank 15 from verse 4
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    19¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

  16. Romans 3:29–30Rank 16 from verse 4
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    29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

    30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

  17. 2 Timothy 3:7Rank 17 from verse 4
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    7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  18. Isaiah 49:6Rank 18 from verse 4
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    6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

  19. Isaiah 55:1Rank 19 from verse 4
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    1HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

  20. John 17:17Rank 20 from verse 4
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    17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

  21. John 6:37Rank 21 from verse 4
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    37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

  22. Luke 1:77Rank 22 from verse 4
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    77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

  23. Luke 14:23Rank 23 from verse 4
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    23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

  24. Titus 1:1Rank 24 from verse 4
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    1PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

  25. Mark 16:15Rank 25 from verse 4
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    15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

  26. Habakkuk 2:14Rank 26 from verse 4
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    14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

  27. Hebrews 10:26Rank 27 from verse 4
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    26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

  28. Isaiah 53:11Rank 28 from verse 4
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    11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

  29. 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16Rank 29 from verse 4
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    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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1 Timothy 2:4

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saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:1I EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

2:2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

2:4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

2:6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

2:7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

2:10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

2:11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

2:12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

2:13For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

2:14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

2:15Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

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