<p>4:10 <i>For to this end we labour and strive</i>- In contrast to striving in physical exercise to preserve our own lives a bit longer (:8) we instead strive so that &quot;all men&quot; may experience the eternal life now possible. These words are used about Paul's labours in preaching and pastoral work (1 Cor. 15:10; 16:6; Gal. 4:11; Phil. 2:16; Col. 1:29). Paul uses the same word to encourage Timothy to likewise labour in the Ephesian church (1 Tim. 5:17; 2 Tim. 2:6). And again, Paul's exhortation was taken to heart; for some time later, the Lord commended the eldership &quot;the Angel of the church&quot; at Ephesus for labouring so hard (Rev. 2:3 s.w.).&nbsp; </p><p><i>Because we have our hope set on the living God</i>- The Greek <i>elpis</i>, &quot;hope&quot;, means certainty, trust. We are certain that God wishes to save all men, as explained under 2:1-6; and so we labour and strive so that this great salvation is shared with all men.</p><p><i>Who is the Saviour of all men,</i><i> especially of those that believe</i>- If we understand this literally, then God is the Saviour of &ldquo;all men&rdquo; including Hitler. But the Bible doesn&rsquo;t teach universal salvation. There&rsquo;s a difference between being a Saviour- and saving. God gave Israel a &ldquo;saviour&rdquo; in the form of Jesus (Acts 5:31; 13:23). But this doesn&rsquo;t mean that &ldquo;Israel&rdquo; were all saved, because many of them have rejected their Saviour. This is the tragedy- that God is a &ldquo;Saviour&rdquo; for all men through His Son, but not all men wish to accept that salvation. This verse does not touch on the problem of those who have not heard the Gospel (for whatever reason). Frequently, the New Testament speaks of &ldquo;God our Saviour&rdquo; (1 Tim. 1:1; 2:3 etc.). Perhaps the emphasis needs to be put on the word &ldquo;our&rdquo;. He is <i>our</i> Saviour because we have accepted His plan of salvation- but others have not. There is a salvation potentially possible for all- but it is a salvation unaccepted. Rom. 5:18 speaks of how by Christ&rsquo;s righteousness &ldquo;the free gift came upon all men unto justification&rdquo;. But not literally all men will be justified. The &ldquo;all men&rdquo; is limited and not universal, because salvation is not universal. Jn. 1:5-11 speaks of Jesus as the light which came into the world, but the darkness preferred to remain in the darkness: &quot;The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it... John... came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, so that all might believe through him... He was in the world&hellip;&nbsp; yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him&quot;. God&rsquo;s intention was that &ldquo;all men&rdquo; in the &ldquo;world&rdquo; of Israel might believe. John preached &ldquo;so that all might believe&rdquo;. But &ldquo;all&rdquo; did not believe. They &ldquo;might&rdquo; believe- they had the possibility of doing so, but did not. Note that &ldquo;the world&rdquo; here is &ldquo;His own&rdquo;- the Jewish world. Clearly &ldquo;all men&rdquo; is not to be understood literally. It&rsquo;s obvious from how &ldquo;all men&rdquo; is referred to in the New Testament that the term doesn&rsquo;t mean literally every single person:</p><ul type=disc>    <li>&lsquo;All men&rsquo; thought John was a      prophet (Mt. 21:26). But not all in Israel did (Lk. 21:6), and the whole      planet definitely didn&rsquo;t know anything about John</li>    <li>&lsquo;All the Gentiles&rsquo; are      defined as those who &ldquo;seek after the Lord&rdquo; (Acts 15:17)</li>    <li>Paul was to be a witness to      &ldquo;all men&rdquo; of his vision of Jesus (Acts 22:15)- clearly not every person on      the planet; and he speaks of how he had taught &lsquo;all men&rsquo; (Col. 1:28 Gk.-      the same words as in 1 Tim. 4:10 &ldquo;all men&rdquo;)</li>    <li>We are to live at peace      &ldquo;with all men&rdquo; (Rom. 12:18)- all people in our lives, not every human      being on the planet</li>    <li>&ldquo;All Judaea&hellip; Jerusalem&rdquo; were      baptized by John the Baptist (Mt. 3:5).</li></ul>