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.
Fathers and councils · 7
Augustine of Hippo
“He needed mercy, and he has said that it was shown towards him: “I who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, that in me Christ Jesus might show forth all longsuffering towards those who shall believe in Him unto life eternal.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 13, 16.
Read the whole comment“Hear how he cheereth us: “That in me,” he saith, “first, Christ Jesus might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 13, 16.
Read the whole comment“God then calleth unto the Gentiles, “Be melted, O crystal; come, ye snows.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 16.
Read the whole comment“Hence also by consequence we understand, that what the apostle Paul saith, “Who only hath immortality,” he saith not merely of the Father, but of the One and Only God, which the Trinity itself is.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 16.
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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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Tertullian
““And I obtained mercy, because I did (so) ignorantly in unbelief.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 13, 16.
Read the whole comment“That repentance, O sinner, like myself (nay, rather, less than myself, for pre-eminence in sins I acknowledge to be mine), do you so hasten to, so embrace, as a shipwrecked man the protection of some plank.” — editor's note: Compare 1 Tim. i. 16.
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Cross-references · 16
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Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.