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1Ti 4:10. Εἰς τοῦτο, it is with a view to this, that) on this account, for this end, with this hope.-καὶ κοπιῶμεν καὶ ὁνειδιζόμεθα, we both labour and suffer reproach) despising the advantages and aids (safeguards against suffering) of this life: ὀνειδιζόμεθα, in the Middle voice [we suffer ourselves to be reproached].-ἠλπίκαμεν, we have hoped) we have placed (rested) our hope, viz. for the future, despising present things.-ζῶντι, living) who will also give life to us, 1Ti 4:8; 2Ti 2:18.-πάντων ἀνθρώπων, μάλιστα πιστῶν, of all men, especially of those that believe) Paul shows that he, and men like him, hope for a double salvation from God: salvation [or safety] in this life, for God saves [or else preserves] all men (nay, even He wishes all men to have salvation for ever): as also, what is of greater consequence, in the life that is to come, for He especially saves [or preserves] them that believe, who even in this life also experience greater protection, on account of their greater temptation.-μάλιστα, most of all) There lies hid beneath this word the strength of the argument from the less to the greater.[35]
[35] If God saves, in a sense, even the ungodly; a fortiori, the godly.-ED.