1 Timothy 2:3-4 Part 2 of 2

This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 

who wants 
Ezekiel 18:23  "Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?"
Ezekiel 18:32  "For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!"
Ezekiel 33:11  "Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?' " 

all people 
1 Timothy 4:10  That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.
Titus 2:11  For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
2 Peter 3:9  The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

to be saved 
John 3:17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Romans 11:13-14  I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.

and to come to a knowledge of the truth 
2 Timothy 2:25-26  Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
Titus 1:1  Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness--...
Hebrews 10:26  If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, ...
(NIV note: To reject Christ's sacrifice for sins is to reject the only sacrifice; there is no other.)

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