1 Timothy 4:10

WEB

¹⁰For 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.

KJV

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.

BSB

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.

FBV

¹⁰The reason we work and do the best we can is because our hope is in the living God. He is the Savior of all people, especially of those who trust in him.

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Extra References

1 Timothy 2:4

⁴who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

1 John 2:2

²And he is the atoning sacrifice^[+] for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

1 Timothy 2:6

⁶who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,

John 1:29

²⁹The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold,^[+] the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1 John 4:14

¹⁴We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

¹⁵that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born^[+] Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

John 4:42

⁴²They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

Romans 15:12-13

¹²Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”

¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 5:10-13

¹⁰He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. ¹¹The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹²He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

¹³These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Psalms 84:12

¹²LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.