1 Timothy 1:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.

Cross References

Job 42:6

therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”

Ezekiel 16:63

in order that you may remember and be confounded and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I forgive you all that you have done, says the Lord God.

Matthew 1:21

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

Matthew 18:10

“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.”

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick; I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.”

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

John 1:12

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 12:47

I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world but to save the world.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath.

Acts 11:1

Now the apostles and the brothers and sisters who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, “Then God has given even to the gentiles the repentance that leads to life.”

Acts 3:26

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Romans 11:14

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

Romans 5:6

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Ephesians 3:8

Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 1:19

having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith;

1 Timothy 3:1

The saying is sure: whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.

1 Timothy 4:9

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance.

1 Timothy 6:13

In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you

2 Timothy 2:11

The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire that you insist on these things, so that those who have come to believe in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works; these things are excellent and profitable to everyone.

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently, he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives 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

Everyone who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: 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

And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

Revelation 22:6

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

Revelation 5:9

They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation;