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1 Timothy 1:16

1 Timothy 1:16 (WEB)

However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

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Augustine of Hippo

John Chrysostom

  • “For he says, that Christ accepted him, in order that in him first He “might show forth all longsuffering” ( 1 Tim. i. 16 ), and the abundant riches of His goodness, “for a pattern to them that should hereafter believe in Him to life everlasting.”” — the author cites it

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