1 Timothy 1:15
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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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Mark 2:17
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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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Luke 19:10
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10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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John 3:16-17
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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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John 12:47
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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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John 1:12
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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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Luke 5:32
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32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”(A)
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1 Timothy 1:13
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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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Matthew 20:28
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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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1 John 3:5
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5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.(A)
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Romans 5:8-10
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8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.(A) 9 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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John 1:29
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The Lamb of God
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!(A)
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Matthew 1:21
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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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