1 Timothy 1:15

New International Reader's Version

Here is a saying that you can trust. It should be accepted completely. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst sinner of all.

Cross References

Job 42:6

So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”

Ezekiel 16:63

I will pay for all the sins you have committed. Then you will remember what you have done. You will be ashamed of it. Because of your shame, you will never speak against me again,” announces the Lord and King.

Matthew 1:21

She is going to have a son. You must give him the name Jesus. That’s because he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 18:10

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones. Here is what I tell you. Their angels in heaven are always with my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 20:28

Be like the Son of Man. He did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ (Hosea 6:6) I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”

Mark 2:17

Jesus heard that. So he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a doctor. Sick people do. I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”

Luke 15:2

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were whispering among themselves. They said, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man came to look for the lost and save them.”

Luke 5:32

I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to turn away from their sins.”

John 1:12

Some people did accept him and did believe in his name. 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! He takes away the sin of the world!

John 12:47

“I don’t judge a person who hears my words but does not obey them. I didn’t come to judge the world. I came to save the world.

John 3:36

Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life. Anyone who does not believe in the Son will not have life. God’s anger remains on them.”

Acts 11:1

The apostles and the believers all through Judea heard that Gentiles had also received God’s word.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they didn’t object anymore. They praised God. They said, “So then, God has allowed even Gentiles to turn away from their sins. He did this so that they could live.”

Acts 3:26

God raised up Jesus, who serves him. God sent him first to you. He did it to bless you. He wanted to turn each of you from your evil ways.”

Romans 11:14

I hope somehow to stir up my own people to want what you have. Perhaps I can save some of them.

Romans 5:6

At just the right time Christ died for ungodly people. He died for us when we had no power of our own.

1 Corinthians 15:9

I am the least important of the apostles. I’m not even fit to be called an apostle. I tried to destroy God’s church.

Ephesians 3:8

I am by far the least important of all the Lord’s holy people. But he gave me the grace to preach to the Gentiles about the unlimited riches that Christ gives.

1 Timothy 1:13

I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.

1 Timothy 1:19

Then you will hold on to faith. You will hold on to a good sense of what is right and wrong. Some have not accepted this knowledge of right and wrong. So they have destroyed their faith. They are like a ship that has sunk.

1 Timothy 3:1

Here is a saying you can trust. If anyone wants to be a leader in the church, they want to do a good work for God and people.

1 Timothy 4:9

This is the truth you can trust and accept completely.

1 Timothy 6:13

God gives life to everything. Christ Jesus told the truth when he was a witness in front of Pontius Pilate. In the sight of God and Christ, I give you a command.

2 Timothy 2:11

Here is a saying you can trust. If we died with him, we will also live with him.

Titus 3:8

You can trust this saying. These things are important. Treat them that way. Then those who trust in God will be careful to commit themselves to doing good. These things are excellent. They are for the good of everyone.

Hebrews 7:25

People now come to God through him. And he is able to save them completely and for all time. Jesus lives forever. He prays for them.

1 John 3:5

But you know that Christ came to take our sins away. And there is no sin in him.

1 John 3:8

The person who does what is sinful belongs to the devil. That’s because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the devil’s work.

1 John 5:11

Here is what God says about the Son. God has given us eternal life. And this life is found in his Son.

Revelation 21:5

He who was sitting on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down. You can trust these words. They are true.”

Revelation 22:6

The angel said to me, “You can trust these words. They are true. The Lord is the God who gives messages to the prophets. He sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

Revelation 5:9

Here is the new song they sang. “You are worthy to take the scroll and break open its seals. You are worthy because you were put to death. With your blood you bought people for God. They come from every tribe, people and nation, no matter what language they speak.