1 Timothy 1:15

Catholic Public Domain Version

It is a faithful saying, and worthy of acceptance by everyone, that Christ Jesus came into this world to bring salvation to sinners, among whom I am first.

Cross References

Job 42:6

Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes.

Ezekiel 16:63

So may you remember and be confounded. And it will no longer be for you to open your mouth, because of your shame, when I will have been pacified toward you over all that you have done, says the Lord God."

Matthew 1:21

And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins."

Matthew 18:10

See to it that you do not despise even one of these little ones. For I say to you, that their Angels in heaven continually look upon the face of my Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of man has come to save what had been lost.

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many."

Matthew 9:13

So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners."

Mark 2:17

Jesus, having heard this, said to them: "The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who have maladies do. For I came not to call the just, but sinners."

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This one accepts sinners and eats with them."

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost."

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the just, but sinners to repentance."

John 1:12

Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

John 1:29

On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: "Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world.

John 12:47

And if anyone has heard my words and not kept them, I do not judge him. For I did not come so that I may judge the world, but so that I may save the world.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him."

Acts 11:1

Now the Apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God.

Acts 11:18

Having heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying: "So has God also given to the Gentiles repentance unto life."

Acts 3:26

God raised up his Son and sent him first to you, to bless you, so that each one may turn himself away from his wickedness."

Romans 11:14

in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.

Romans 5:6

Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious?

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

Ephesians 3:8

Although I am the least of all the saints, I have been given this grace: to evangelize among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

1 Timothy 1:13

though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.

1 Timothy 1:19

holding to faith and good conscience, against those who, by rejecting these things, have made a shipwreck of the faith.

1 Timothy 3:1

It is a faithful saying: if a man desires the episcopate, he desires a good work.

1 Timothy 4:9

This is a faithful saying and worthy of full acceptance.

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge you, in the sight of God, who enlivens all things, and in the sight of Christ Jesus, who gave the testimony of a good profession under Pontius Pilate,

2 Timothy 2:11

It is a faithful saying: that if we have died with him, we will also live with him.

Titus 3:8

This is a faithful saying. And I want you to confirm these things, so that those who believe in God may take care to excel in good works. These things are good and useful to men.

Hebrews 7:25

And for this reason, he is able, continuously, to save those who approach God through him, since he is ever alive to make intercession on our behalf.

1 John 3:5

And you know that he appeared in order that he might take away our sins. For in him there is no sin.

1 John 3:8

Whoever commits sin is of the devil. For the devil sins from the beginning. For this reason, the Son of God appeared, so that he might eradicate the works of the devil.

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son.

Revelation 21:5

And the One who was sitting upon the throne, said, "Behold, I make all things new." And he said to me, "Write, for these words are entirely faithful and true."

Revelation 22:6

And he said to me: "These words are entirely faithful and true." And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his Angel to reveal to his servant what must occur soon:

Revelation 5:9

And they were singing a new canticle, saying: "O Lord, you are worthy to receive the book and to open its seals, because you were slain and have redeemed us for God, by your blood, from every tribe and language and people and nation.