I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
Where you find this verse
Not yet the focus of a full study, but it is connected in the Word below.
That reaches back to this verse
In parallel with (this verse)1 Timothy 1:15
Jesus stated the rule Paul is applying to himself: He came to call sinners, not the righteous, to repentance.
“The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.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.”