1 Timothy 1:15a

(15a) The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…

Paul takes extra effort to emphasize here the truth of what he’s about to say. He doesn’t need to say that what he’s about to say is true. He’s writing Scripture, after all! But God wants to get our attention. This is important!

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Jesus is the Christ. He’s the Son of God, God himself. He is the ruler of all of creation. He’s the lover of humanity and its savior.

And he does not belong to this world, but rather had to enter it. He didn’t belong here, and though we didn’t know it, he certainly did. He was a stranger here, despised by what he’d created.

But he entered into this world to rescue those who disobeyed him. The glorious God over all became a man to rescue his enemies.

It’s interesting to note that Paul uses the same expression about a saying being worthy of full acceptance in 1 Timothy 4:8, 9. The idea is that the saying should become part of the very core of who we are.

And so this saying should!

In sum,
1) We should emphasize truth in our speech and draw attention to the separateness of the Gospel from other things we might say.
2) We should emphasize the God who saves.
3) We should make much of Jesus.
4) We should strive to make the message about Jesus the very core of our beings.
5) We should impress the necessity of doing so also upon others.