15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
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When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. …
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)Here the apostle, I. Returns thanks to Jesus Christ for putting him into the ministry. Observe, 1. It is Christ’s work to put men into the ministry, Acts 26:16 , 17 . God condemned the false prophets among the Jews in these words, I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied , Jer. 23:21. Ministers, properly speaking, cannot make themselves ministers…
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