1 Timothy 1:15

New American Bible - revised edition

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost.

Cross References

Job 42:6

Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes. Job’s Restoration.

Ezekiel 16:63

that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, when I pardon you for all you have done—oracle of the Lord God.

Matthew 1:21

She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 18:10

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father. [

Matthew 18:11

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Matthew 20:28

Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Healing of Two Blind Men.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

Mark 2:17

Jesus heard this and said to them [that], “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

Luke 15:2

but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” The Parable of the Ten Gold Coins.

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

John 1:12

But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

John 12:47

And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.

Acts 11:1

Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they stopped objecting and glorified God, saying, “God has then granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles too.” The Church at Antioch.

Acts 3:26

For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

Romans 11:14

in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.

Romans 5:6

For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ,

1 Timothy 1:13

I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and an arrogant man, but I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief.

1 Timothy 1:19

by having faith and a good conscience. Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith,

1 Timothy 3:1

This saying is trustworthy: whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.

1 Timothy 4:9

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge [you] before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession,

2 Timothy 2:11

This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with him we shall also live with him;

Titus 3:8

This saying is trustworthy. Advice to Titus. I want you to insist on these points, that those who have believed in God be careful to devote themselves to good works; these are excellent and beneficial to others.

Hebrews 7:25

Therefore, he is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them.

1 John 3:5

You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

1 John 3:8

Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Revelation 21:5

The one who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then he said, “Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true.”

Revelation 22:6

And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true, and the Lord, the God of prophetic spirits, sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.”

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.