Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 2:4

Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 2:4 - 2:4

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 2:4 - 2:4

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Willeth (thelei). God’s wish and will in so far as he can influence men.

That all men should be saved (pantas anthrōpous sōthēnai). First aorist passive infinitive of sōzō with accusative of general reference. See note on 1Co 10:33; 2Co 5:18.

To the knowledge (eis epignōsin). “The full knowledge” as in Col 1:6; Eph 4:13 (ten times in Paul). See note on 2Ti 3:7 for the whole phrase “full knowledge of the truth” (alētheia 14 times in the Pastorals). Paul is anxious as in Colossians and Ephesians that the Gnostics may not lead the people astray. They need the full intellectual apprehension of Christianity.