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1 Timothy 2:4

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2:4since he wants5 all people6 to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Grk “who wants …” (but showing why such prayer is pleasing to God).
  2. 6 Grk “all men”; but here ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous) is used generically, referring to both men and women.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

NLTNew Living Translation

who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

KJV 1900King James Version

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