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.
2.    The providential view: According to this view, the term "Saviour" is understood in the lower sense of preserver or deliverer. In this sense, God saves all men by giving them life. He sends the sunshine and the rain upon the just and the unjust alike. He sends seed time and harvest and fruitful season upon all. Believers, however, are the recipients of a special providence of God in this life. They enjoy a higher degree of temporal blessing than the rest of men.