1 Timothy 1:16

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Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

I obtained

1 Timothy 1:13

2 Corinthians 4:1

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I obtained

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

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Moses made haste

to bow low toward the earth and worship.

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

For a

Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.

Let the wicked forsake his way

And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.

and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

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But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He *said to the paralytic,

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.