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1 Timothy 2:4

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

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ὃςhosWhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.Whoπάνταςpantasallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἀνθρώπουςanthrōpousmenἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “men”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.menθέλειtheleito willθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.σωθῆναιsōthēnaito be savedσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to be saved”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.to be savedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoἐπίγνωσινepignōsinknowledgeἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “knowledge”, the object formG1922knowledge of a particular point (directed towards a particular object); perception, discernment, recognition, intuition.This verse uses “knowledge”.the knowledgeἀληθείαςalētheiasof the truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.of the truthἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

Young’s Literal Translation

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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