1 Timothy 1:15 Douay-Rheims

A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.

Augustine of Hippo

A.D. 354–430 Patristic

There was no reason for Christ the Lord to come, except to save sinners. Eliminate diseases, eliminate wounds, and there is no call for medicine. If a great doctor has come down from heaven, a great invalid must have been lying very sick throughout the whole wide world. This invalid is the whole human race.

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A.D. 430 · on 1Tim 1:15 (SERMONS 175.1)

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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