1 Timothy 1:15
Here is a saying you can rely on, which deserves to be fully accepted: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and I am the worst of them.
Treated in 27 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…which they deem insurmountable. 1. One of the difficulties is, “I am too great a sinner.” 1 Tim. i. 15 meets this fully. One Sunday morning a man who had led a wild and wandering life and who…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Tinker of Elstow cites 1 TIMOTHY 1:15
…acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 A tinker’s son. John Bunyan was born in 1628 at Harrowden, a hamlet in the parish of…
- Communion with God ·
How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…to this work, Isa. xlii. 1, 6, xlix. 9; Mal. iii. 1; Zech. xiii. 7; John iii. 16; 1 Tim. i. 15. Thus the “counsel of peace” became to be “between them both,” Zech. vi. 13; that is, the…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
July cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Tim. i. 15, 17. Only those who have struck the deepest note of penitence can reach the highest note…
- Practical Religion ·
The Best Friend cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…Jesus Christ came into the world to relieve. "He came into the world to save sinners." (1 Tim. i. 15.) We are all by nature poor dying creatures. From the king on his throne to the pauper in…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Ninth Stage cites 1 Tim. 1:15
…aright upon thee? Then he said, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” 1 Tim. 1:15. He is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes. Rom.10:4, and…
- Grace Abounding (For Teens) ·
Few Equals cites 1 Timothy 1:15
…that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” — 1 Timothy 1:15 (KJV) John Bunyan was born in 1628 in Elstow, a village near Bedford in the middle of…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
I Offer Jesus Christ to All cites 1 TIMOTHY 1:15
…acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 The same note sounds in The Indwelling of the Spirit, where Whitefield bids his hearers…
- Humility ·
Humility and Sin cites 1 Timothy 1:15
“Sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” 1 Timothy 1:15 umility is often identified with penitence and contrition. As a consequence, there…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
What If I’ve Done Something I Can’t Undo? cites 1 Timothy 1:15
…later write, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst” (1 Timothy 1:15). The worst sinner became one of the greatest apostles. Why this is possible Forgiveness…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
Spiritual Gleaning cites 1 Timothy 1:15
…(“…Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” — 1 Timothy 1:15) …and “…Christ died for the ungodly.” (“But God shows his love for us in that while we…
- The God of All Comfort ·
God is Enough cites 1 Timothy 1:15
…that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” (1 Timothy 1:15) He did not come to save the righteous, or the enthusiastic, or the earnest workers, but…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 12 — Christ, to Perform the Office of Mediator, Behoved to Become Man cites 1 Tim. 1:15
…and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,” (1 Tim. 1:15), in it I willingly acquiesce. And since the same Apostle elsewhere declares that the…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
God Justifieth the Ungodly cites 1 TIMOTHY 1:15
…acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 Most people, Spurgeon observed, carry in them a natural legality. We assume that God’s…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
Listening and Bearing cites 1 TIMOTHY 1:15
…acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 Listening Then comes the ministry for which this chapter is best known: listening. The…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
Self-Examination cites 1 TIMOTHY 1:15
…saying …that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 The questions to ask are therefore specific and limited. Am I trusting Christ? Is there…
- Morning by Morning ·
October cites 1 Timothy 1:15
…saying.” (2 Timothy 2:11) Paul has four of these “faithful sayings.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into…
- The Big Story ·
To the Ends of the Earth cites 1 Timothy 1:15
…he wrote, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst” (1 Timothy 1:15). The big argument Meanwhile non-Jews, called Gentiles, were believing in Jesus. Peter…
- Reality and Religion ·
Repentance and Salvation cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…which is obtained through Jesus Christ, who came into the world to save sinners (1 Tim. i. 15).
- Holiness ·
Growth cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…of all saints,”—“I am chief of sinners.” (Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 9; Ephes. iii. 8; 1 Tim. i. 15.) The riper he is for glory, the more, like the ripe corn, he hangs down his head. The…
- Holiness ·
Assurance cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…his assurance on anything of his own. He who could write himself down “chief of sinners” (1 Tim. i. 15), had a deep sense of his guilt and corruption. But then he had a still deeper sense of…
- Holiness ·
Unsearchable Riches cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…I am I who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 9; 1 Tim. i. 15; Rom. vii. 24.) The plain truth is that St. Paul saw in his own heart of hearts far more…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Scriptures cites I Tim 1:15
…harp which drives away sadness of spirit. Hear the sounding of this harp a little. I Tim 1:15. ‘This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Assurance cites I Tim 1:15
…humility. Paul had assurance, and he baptized himself with the name, ‘Chief of sinners.’ I Tim 1:15. The jewel of assurance is best kept in the cabinet of an humble heart.
- Old Paths ·
Alive or Dead? cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…Now he would say with the apostle Paul, he feels himself the “chief of sinners.”e-f (1 Tim. i. 15.) Once he did not consider he had a bad heart. He might have his faults, and be led away…
- Old Paths ·
Forgiveness cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…Apostle Paul: “I am less than the least of all saints,—chief of sinners.” (Eph. iii. 8; 1 Tim. i. 15.) When you and I have nothing we can call our own but sin and weakness, there is surely…
- Old Paths ·
Repentance cites 1 Tim. i. 15
…the chief of sinners.” (Gen. xviii. 27; xxxii. 10; Job. xl. 4; Psalm li. 5; Isa. vi. 5; 1 Tim. i. 15.) I shall see the martyr John Bradford there, who often signed himself at the end of his…