1 Timothy 1:15

Easy To Read Version

What I say is true, and you should fully accept it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst of those sinners.

Cross References

Job 42:6

And Lord, I am ashamed of myself.\par Lord, I am so sorry.\par As I sit in the dust and ashes, {\cf2\super [107]} \par I promise to change my heart\par and my life.”\par

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son. You will name the son Jesus. {\cf2\super [13]} Give him that name because he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 18:10

“Be careful. Don’t think these little children are worth nothing. I tell you that these children have angels in heaven. And those angels are always with my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:11

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Matthew 20:28

It is the same with the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [276]} The Son of Man did not come for other people to serve him. The Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”

Matthew 9:13

I will tell you something. Go and learn what it means: ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’ {\cf2\super [106]} I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Mark 2:17

Jesus heard this, and he said to them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor. It is the sick people that need a doctor. I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Luke 15:2

Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [258]} and the teachers of the law began to complain, “Look! This man (Jesus) welcomes bad people and even eats with them!”

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [299]} came to find lost people and save them.”

Luke 5:32

I have not come to ask good people to change. I have come to ask bad people to change their hearts and lives!”

John 1:12

Some people did accept him. They believed in him. He gave something to those people who believed. He gave them the right to become children of God.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. {\cf2\super [21]} He takes away the sins of the world!

John 12:47

“I did not come into the world to judge people. I came to save the people in the world. So I am not the one that judges the people who hear my teaching but don’t obey.

John 3:36

The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”

Acts 11:1

The apostles {\cf2\super [218]} and the brothers (other believers) in Judea heard that non-Jewish people had accepted God’s teaching too.

Acts 11:18

When the Jewish believers heard these things, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing the non-Jewish people to change their hearts and have life the same as us!”

Acts 3:26

God has sent his special servant (Jesus). God sent him to you first. God sent Jesus to bless you. He does this by making each of you turn away from doing bad things.”

Romans 11:14

I hope I can make my own people (the Jews) jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.

Romans 5:6

Christ died for us while we were still weak people. We were living against God, but at the right time, Christ died for us.

1 Corinthians 15:9

All the other apostles are greater than I am. This is because I persecuted {\cf2\super [110]} the church of God. That is why I am not even good enough to be called an apostle.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all of God’s people. But God gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. Those riches are too great to understand fully.

1 Timothy 1:13

In the past I spoke against Christ and persecuted him and did things to hurt him. But God gave me mercy because I did not know what I was doing. I did those things when I did not believe.

1 Timothy 1:19

Continue to have faith and do what you know is right. Some people have not done this. Their faith has been destroyed.

1 Timothy 3:1

What I say is true: If any person is trying hard to become an elder, {\cf2\super [9]} that person is wanting a good work.

1 Timothy 4:9

What I say is true, and you should fully accept it.

1 Timothy 6:13

Before God and Christ Jesus I give you a command. Christ Jesus is the One that confessed that same great truth when he stood before Pontius Pilate. {\cf2\super [33]} And God is the One that gives life to everything. Now I tell you:

2 Timothy 2:11

This teaching is true:

Titus 3:8

There is something that you should do. And because of the authority I have in Christ, I feel free to command you to do it.

Hebrews 7:25

So Christ can save those people who come to God through him. Christ can do this forever, because he always lives, ready to help people when they come before God.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away people’s sins. There is no sin in Christ.

1 John 3:8

The devil has been sinning since the beginning. The person who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God (Christ) came for this: to destroy the devil’s work.

1 John 5:11

This is what God told us: God has given us eternal life. And this eternal life is in his Son (Jesus).

Revelation 21:5

The One that was sitting on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted.”

Revelation 22:6

The angel said to me, “These words are true and can be trusted. The Lord is the God of the spirits of the prophets. {\cf2\super [168]} God sent his angel to show his servants the things that must happen soon.”

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song \{to the Lamb\}: