1 Timothy 2:4 (DBY)

Passage

who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;

1 Timothy 2:3 for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,

1 Timothy 2:4 who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.

1 Timothy 2:5 For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "desires", "should", "come", "knowledge", and "truth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saved" and "desires", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "for this is good and acceptable before..." into verse 5's "For God is one and the mediator...", so "saved" and "desires" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saved" and "desires" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.