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15 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.(A)

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15 Here is a trustworthy saying(A) that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners(B)—of whom I am the worst.

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17 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick; I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.”(A)

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17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(A)

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16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.(A)

17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.(B)

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16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(E) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(G)

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10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

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10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”(A)

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47 I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world but to save the world.(A)

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47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.(A)

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12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(A)

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12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C)

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28 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”(A)

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28 just as the Son of Man(A) did not come to be served, but to serve,(B) and to give his life as a ransom(C) for many.”

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But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.(A) Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.[a](B) 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.9 Gk the wrath

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(A)

Since we have now been justified(B) by his blood,(C) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath(D) through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies,(E) we were reconciled(F) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!(G)

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32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”(A)

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32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(A)

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21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”(A)

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21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[a](A) because he will save his people from their sins.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:21 Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.

13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,(A)

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13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(C)

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God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.(A) 10 In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.(B)

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This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(A) into the world that we might live through him.(B) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(C) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(D)

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You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.(A)

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But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.(A) And in him is no sin.(B)

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