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

All

Romans 2:4

1 Peter 3:20

2 Peter 3:9

For a

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I obtained

me, I say, who before was a reviler and a persecutor and an overbearing man. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief:

Wherefore, having this ministry, inasmuch as we have received mercy, we faint not;

All

Or, do you despise the riches of his goodness, and his forbearance, and his long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

who formerly were disobedient, when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls, were brought in safety through the water;

The Lord does not delay concerning his promise, as some men count delay, but he is long-suffering toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For a

Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. But he to whom little is forgiven, loves little.

So, I say to you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying: He has gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, to-day you shall be with me in paradise.

All that the Father gives me, will come to me; and him that comes to me, I will by no means cast out.

and by him, every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

But, besides the first offense, law was introduced, in order that offenses might abound: but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

For the things which were formerly written, were written for our instruction, that we, through the patience and the comfort which the scriptures give, might have hope.

Wherefore, he is able also to save through all time those who come to God by him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

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But that you may know that the Son of man on earth has authority to forgive sins, (he said to the paralytic,)

I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.

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

And this is the promise which he has promised us, even eternal life.