1 Timothy 4:10

Believers labor and endure because their hope is set on the living God, Savior of all, especially believers. It anchors perseverance in God's saving character.

Cross-references · 36

• 1 Tim 2:4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
• 1 Jn 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
• 1 Tim 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
• 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
• John 3:15–17that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
• John 4:42They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
• Rom 15:12–13And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
• Ps 84:12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
• 1 Jn 5:10–13Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
• Isa 45:21–22Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
• 1 Pet 4:14–15If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Ps 107:6–43Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
• Ps 52:8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
• Heb 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
• Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
• Ps 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
• 2 Cor 11:23–27Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• 2 Cor 4:8–10We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
• 2 Tim 2:9–10for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
• John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
• 1 Cor 4:9–13For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
• Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
• 1 Pet 1:21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
• Ps 37:40The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
• 2 Cor 6:3–10We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
• Dan 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
• Isa 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
• Ps 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
• Nah 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
• Ps 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
• Jer 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
• Heb 11:26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
• 1 Tim 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• 1 Tim 3:15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
• 2 Tim 3:10–12You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

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