Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

A faithful

1 Timothy 1:19
Holding faith and a good conscience, which some, having put away, made shipwreck about the faith,
1 Timothy 3:1
Faithful is the saying, If any man aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.
1 Timothy 4:9
Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance.
2 Timothy 2:11
Faithful is the saying, For if we die together, we will also live together.
Titus 3:8
Faithful is the saying. And I want thee to strongly insist about these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to manage good works. These things are good and beneficial to men.
Revelation 21:5
And he who sits upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write, because these words are TRUE and faithful.
Revelation 22:6
And he says to me, These words are faithful and true. And Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his agent to show to his bondmen the things that must quickly come to pass.

Worthy

John 1:12
But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life.
Acts 11:1
Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.
1 John 5:11
And this is the testimony, that God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.

Of whom

1 Timothy 1:13
the man who was formerly blasphemous, and a persecutor, and an aggressor. But I obtained mercy because I did it being ignorant in unbelief.
Job 42:6
Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
Ezekiel 16:63
that thou may remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou have done, says lord LORD.
Ezekiel 36:31
Then ye shall remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good. And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Ephesians 3:8
To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good-news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

General references

Leviticus 13:16
Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest.
Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.
Mark 2:10
But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (he says to the paralyzed man),
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were approaching him to hear him.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
1 Timothy 4:9
Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance.