1 Timothy 2:4

God desires all people to be saved and to know the truth. It grounds the church's prayer and mission in God's saving will.

Cross-references · 29

• Ezek 18:32For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
• 2 Pet 3:9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
• Ezek 18:23Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
• Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
• Ezek 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
• John 3:15–17that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
• 2 Tim 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
• Rom 10:12–15For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
• Isa 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
• 1 Tim 4:10To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
• Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
• Rev 14:6Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
• John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
• 2 Cor 5:17–19Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
• Matt 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
• Rom 3:29–30Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
• 2 Tim 3:7who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
• Isa 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
• Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
• Luke 14:23So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
• Luke 1:77to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
• John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
• John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
• Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Heb 10:26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
• Hab 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
• Isa 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
• 1 Th 2:15–16who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

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