1 Timothy 1:15-16

Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners

¹⁵ The saying is _e trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus _f came into the world to save sinners, _g of whom I am the foremost. ¹⁶ But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

1. Cross References
   1 Timothy 3:1
   The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
   1 Timothy 4:9
   The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
   2 Timothy 2:11
   The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him.
   Titus 3:8
   The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
   Revelation 22:6
   And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 9:13
   Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
   John 3:17
   For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
   Romans 4:25
   Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 15:9
   For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.