1 Timothy 1:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Howbeit 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.

1 Timothy 1:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:13
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Ephesians 2:7
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Luke 7:47
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Psalms 25:11
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
1 John 5:11-12
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. …

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Commentary

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; f…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16. Howbeit--Greek, “But”; contrasting his own conscious sinfulness with God’s gracious visitation of him in mercy. for this cause--for this very purpose. that in me--in my case. first--“foremost.” As I was “foremost” (Greek for chief, 1Ti 1:15) in sin, so God has made me the “foremost” sample of mercy. show--to His own glory (the middle Greek, voice), Ep 2:7. all long-suffering--Greek, “the whole…