1 TIMOTHY 4:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.”
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe — Paul's labor (kopiaō, agōnizomai) derives from elpis (hope) anchored in the living God (theos zōn). The universal salvific will (sōtēr pantōn anthrōpōn) finds particular realization in believers (malista tōn pisteuontōn).
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 4:10
This in effect is to say, wherefore do we mortify ourselves, unless we expect future blessings? Have we endured so many evils, submitted to so many reproaches, suffered such insults and calumnies, and such numerous calamities in vain? For if we did not trust in the living God, on what account did we submit to these things? But if God is here the Saviour of the unbelieving, much more is He of the faithful hereafter. What salvation does he speak of? That to come? “Who is the…
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