1 Timothy 1:15

This saying ¹  is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them! ² 

Job 42:6; Eze 16:63; Eze 36:31,32; Mt 1:21; Mt 9:13; Mt 18:11; Mt 20:28; Mr 2:17; Lu 5:32; Lu 19:10; Joh 1:12; Joh 1:29; Joh 3:16,17,36; Joh 12:47; Ac 3:26; Ac 11:1,18; Ro 3:24-26; Ro 5:6,8-10; 1Co 15:9; Eph 3:8; 1Ti 1:13; 1Ti 1:19; 1Ti 3:1; 1Ti 4:9; 2Ti 2:11; Tit 3:8; Heb 7:25; 1Jo 3:5,8; 1Jo 4:9,10; 1Jo 5:11; Re 5:9; Re 21:5; Re 22:6

¹ tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).

² tn Grk “of whom I am the first.”