1 Timothy 4:10 BSB — MannaFest

1 Timothy 4:10

To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.

BSB

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ASV

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For therefore we both labour,.... Not in the word and doctrine, though they did; nor in the exercise of internal godliness, though there is a work in faith, and a labour in love; nor with their own hands, at their trades and business, to support themselves, and others; but by enduring hardships and afflictions, as stripes, imprisonment, weariness, pain, watchings, fastings, hunger, thirst, cold, and nakedness; see 2Co 11:23. And suffer reproach; with patience and cheerfulness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Because we trust - For this very thing the world will hate us. In the living God - Who will give us the life he has promised. Who is the saviour of all men - Preserving them in this life, and willing to save them eternally.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For therefore we both labor - This verse was necessary to explain what he had before said; and here he shows that his meaning was not that the followers of God should enjoy worldly prosperity and exemption from natural evils; for, said he, it is because we exercise ourselves to godliness that we have both labor and reproach, and we have these because we trust In the living God: but still we have mental happiness, and all that is necessary for our passage through life; for in the midst of persecutions and afflictions we have the peace of God that passeth knowledge, and have all our crosses and sufferings so sanctified to us that we consider them in the number of our blessings.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰς	eis	Towards	G1519 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
κοπιῶμεν	kopiōmen	we toil	G2872 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀγωνιζόμεθα,	agōnizometha	strive,	G75 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἠλπίκαμεν	ēlpikamen	we have hope	G1679 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
θεῷ	theō	God	G2316 →
ζῶντι,	zōnti	[the] living,	G2198 →
ὅς	hos	who	G3739 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
σωτὴρ	sōtēr	[the] Savior	G4990 →
πάντων	pantōn	of all	G3956 →
ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	men	G444 →
μάλιστα	malista	especially	G3122 →
πιστῶν.¶	pistōn	of believers.	G4103 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 2:4
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
leads to
- Ezekiel 18:32
  For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
- 2 Peter 3:9
  The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- Ezekiel 18:23
  Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
Through
1 John 2:2
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 4:10
  And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
leads to
- Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- 1 John 2:2
  He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- 1 John 3:5
  But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Timothy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Timothy