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

[although I] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Because of this, [since we] have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,

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And Moses hurried and knelt down to the earth and worshiped.

Or do you despise the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water.

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

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And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do evil more than the nations that Yahweh destroyed before the {Israelites}.

Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.

{For this reason} I tell you, her sins--[which were] many--have been forgiven, for she loved much. But [the one] to whom little is forgiven 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 far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

And [when they] saw [it], they all began to complain, saying, "He has gone in to find lodging with a man who is a sinner!"

And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

Everyone whom the Father gives to me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never throw out,

by this one everyone who believes is justified!

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, [because he] always lives in order to intercede on their behalf.

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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 came to seek and to save those who are lost."

And this is the promise which he himself promised us: eternal life.