1 Timothy 1:16

Modern English Version

But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, first, Jesus Christ might show all patience, as an example to those who were to believe in Him for eternal life.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:19

And his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and where he set up the Asherah poles and images before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the sayings of Hozai.

Psalm 25:11

For Your name’s sake, O  Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Exodus 34:8

Moses made haste and bowed to the ground and worshipped.

Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Numbers 23:3

Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a high place.

Luke 15:10

Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 23:43

Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Luke 7:47

Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.”

John 20:31

But these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

John 3:36

He who believes in the Son has eternal life. He who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

John 5:24

“Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.

John 6:37

All whom the Father gives Me will come to Me, and he who comes to Me I will never cast out.

John 6:40

This is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 6:54

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life. And I will raise him up on the last day.

Acts 13:39

and by Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.

Romans 15:4

For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning those not having married, I have no command from the Lord. Yet I will give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy we have received, we do not lose heart.

Ephesians 1:12

that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, should live for the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 2:7

so that in the coming ages He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be marveled at by all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

1 Timothy 1:13

I was previously a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insolent man. But I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Hebrews 7:25

Therefore He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, because He at all times lives to make intercession for them.

1 Peter 3:20

who in times past were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

2 Peter 3:15

Keep in mind that the patience of our Lord means salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul has also written to you according to the wisdom given to him.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness. But He is patient with us, because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.