1 TIMOTHY 1:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — and I am the foremost of them — this trustworthy saying (logos pistos) likely represents early creedal material, emphasizing incarnation's soteriological purpose. Paul's self-designation as protocharmatōn (foremost) positions him not above but beneath other believers.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 1:15
The favors of God so far exceed human hope and expectation, that often they are not believed. For God has bestowed upon us such things as the mind of man never looked for, never thought of. It is for this reason that the Apostles spend much discourse in securing a belief of the gifts that are granted us of God. For as men, upon receiving some great good, ask themselves if it is not a dream, as not believing it; so it is with respect to the gifts of God. What then was it that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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