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1 Tim. 1:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This is a faithfuli saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus camek into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

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2 Tim. 2:11• ¹¹Faithful [is] the word: for if we died together with [him], we shall also live together; (2 Tim. 2:11)

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Titus 3:8• ⁸Faithful [is] the saying; and concerning these things I will that thou affirm strongly, in order that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; (Titus 3:8)

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Matt. 9:13• ¹³{i}But go and learn what [that] is—I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous [men] but sinners.{/i} (Matt. 9:13)

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Luke 19:10• ¹⁰for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which is lost. (Luke 19:10)

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1 Tim. 1:19• ¹⁹holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made shipwreck concerning the faith; (1 Tim. 1:19)

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1 Tim. 3:1• ¹Faithful [is] the word: if anyone is eager for oversight, he is desirous of a good work. (1 Tim. 3:1)

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1 Tim. 4:9• ⁹The word [is] faithful and worthy of all acceptance; (1 Tim. 4:9)

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2 Tim. 2:11• ¹¹Faithful [is] the word: for if we died together with [him], we shall also live together; (2 Tim. 2:11)

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Titus 3:8• ⁸Faithful [is] the saying; and concerning these things I will that thou affirm strongly, in order that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; (Titus 3:8)

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Rev. 21:5• ⁵And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith [to me], Write: for these words are faithful and true. (Rev. 21:5)

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Rev. 22:6• ⁶And he said to me, These words {i}are{/i} faithful and true; and the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets hath sent his angel to show his servants the things which must come to pass shortly. (Rev. 22:6)

worthy.

John 1:12• ¹²but as many as received him, to them he gave authority to become children of God , to those that believe on his name; (John 1:12)

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John 3:16‑17,36• ¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal.
¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world that he should judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
³⁶He that believeth on the Son hath life eternal, and he that believeth not on the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:16‑17,36)

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Acts 11:1,18• ¹But the apostles and the brethren which were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.
¹⁸And when they heard these things, they were still and glorified God, saying, Then indeed also to the Gentiles did God give repentance unto life. (Acts 11:1,18)

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1 John 5:11• ¹¹And this is the witness that God gave to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son. (1 John 5:11)

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Matt. 1:21• ²¹{i}And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.{/i} (Matt. 1:21)

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Matt. 9:13• ¹³{i}But go and learn what [that] is—I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous [men] but sinners.{/i} (Matt. 9:13)

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Matt. 18:11• ¹¹{i}For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.{/i} (Matt. 18:11)

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Matt. 20:28• ²⁸{i}as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.{/i} (Matt. 20:28)

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Mark 2:17• ¹⁷{i}And{/i} when Jesus heard it, he says to them, They that are strong have no need of the physician, but they that are ill. I have not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners. (Mark 2:17)

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Luke 5:32• ³²I am not come to call righteous [persons], but sinful ones to repentance. (Luke 5:32)

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Luke 19:10• ¹⁰for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which is lost. (Luke 19:10)

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John 1:29• ²⁹On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)

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John 12:47• ⁴⁷And if anyone have heard my words and not kept [them], I judge him not, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (John 12:47)

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Acts 3:26• ²⁶To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you in turning away each from your iniquities. (Acts 3:26)

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Rom. 3:24‑26• ²⁴being justified gratuitously by his grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
²⁵whom God set forth as a propitiatory through faith in his blood, for a declaration of his righteousness on account of the praeter-mission of the sins that had been before, in the forbearance of God,
²⁶with a view to the declaration of his righteousness in the present time, in order to his being just and justifying him that [is] of faith in Jesus. (Rom. 3:24‑26)

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Rom. 5:6,8‑10• ⁶For Christ, while we were yet weak, died in due time for ungodly [men].
⁸but God commendeth his own love towards us, because, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
⁹Much more then, having been now justified by his blood, we shall be saved by him from wrath.
¹⁰For if while enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Rom. 5:6,8‑10)

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Heb. 7:25• ²⁵Whence also he is able to save completely those that approach God through him, as ever living to intercede for them. (Heb. 7:25)

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1 John 3:5,8• ⁵And ye know that he was manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
⁸He that doeth sin is of the devil, for from [the] beginning the devil sinneth. To this end was manifested the Son of God that he might undo the works of the devil. (1 John 3:5,8)

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1 John 4:9‑10• ⁹Herein was manifested the love of God in us, that God hath sent His only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us, and sent his Son [as] propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:9‑10)

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Rev. 5:9• ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain and hast bought [us] to God by thy blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation; (Rev. 5:9)

of whom.

1 Tim. 1:13• ¹³though before I was a blasphemer and persecutor and doer of outrage. But I had mercy shown me because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief; (1 Tim. 1:13)

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Job 42:6• (Job 42:6)

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Ezek. 16:63• (Ezek. 16:63)

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Ezek. 36:31‑32• (Ezek. 36:31‑32)

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1 Cor. 15:9• ⁹For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God; (1 Cor. 15:9)

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Eph. 3:8• ⁸To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:8)

• The very aim is to sweep away all comparison, to overturn all self-righteousness, and to meet all despair, laying man in the dust and exalting only the Savior, who abased Himself and saves to the last degree those that disobey not "the heavenly vision." (“On 1 Timothy 1:12-17” by W. Kelly)

• The high priests had resisted the Holy Spirit to the uttermost. Paul had joined them in it: but he was not satisfied with that. He desired to be the active enemy of the faith wherever it existed and to destroy the name of Jesus. He had done much at Jerusalem, but he wished to satiate his hatred even in foreign cities. (“1 Timothy 1” by J.N. Darby)

• Having been blessed, the Apostle becomes a herald of the grace of God to a world of sinners. (“The Charge and Its End: 1 Timothy 1” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am the first.

W. Kelly Translation

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Faithful [is] the word and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.