For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
who is the Saviour of all men, especially of them that believe: The God in whom he and Timothy have placed their trust is the Savior of the world and, in a special sense, the Savior of believers. (In 1:1, Paul also calls God "our Saviour.") Several interpretations have surfaced among scholars about that statement. Generally there are four prevailing views of this statement: