All men

[civic]

1 Timothy 2:1-6
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2;for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3;This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4;who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people.

How many times does God need to say all before it means all ?

Is there anyone that should not be prayer for ?

 

[JoshebB]

1 Timothy 2:1-6
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2;for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3;This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4;who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people.

How many times does God need to say all before it means all ?

That depends.

Were I to describe a gathering of Christians, and within that context, state "God wanted all men to bow and pray," I would not be referring to all people not present in the gathering of Christians. Furthermore, were I to say, "I paid for all men's admittance," I would not necessarily mean I was paying for the admission of all the men not attending. It might mean I paid the cost of admission for every one of the billions of men on the planet, but that would not mean all mean attended the gathering, or that all the men were capable of attending.

In other words, words can have many different meanings. This is why exegesis, or the scientific or forensic analysis of words is important.

The last time you and I traded posts multiple exegetical errors were cited and not a single one of them were ever addressed or corrected.

Is there anyone that should not be prayer for ?

No.

Neither that question, nor the answer provided, is particularly Arminian or Calvinist. Implying that is not the case is a misrepresentation of soteriology as a whole.