Don’t the following verses teach that all people will ultimately be saved? Col 1:20; Eph 1:10; 1 Tim 2:4-6; 5:10; 1 Cor 15:22-28; Phil 2:9-11. This is the teaching of Universalism. Note that both Col 1:20 and Eph 1:10 speak of reconciliation, but only of things in heaven and earth, not things under the earth. Phil 2 includes the things under the earth, but is speaking of subjection, not reconciliation, as does 1 Cor 15. Thank God, every knee will bow to the Lord, including those who will be made His footstool (Heb 10:13) but they are referred to as “His enemies.” As to 1 Tim 2, we rejoice that Christ gave Himself a ransom for all (v. 6), and that God desires all to be saved (v. 4). To this end, we pray for all (v. 1) but sadly all will not be saved. “You will not come to Me, that you might have life” (Jn 5:40), said our Lord. So is He is “the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe” (1 Tim 5:10)? Yes, in time, God cares for all humanity, but His special and eternal care is for His own.

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