Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
First edition title page
AuthorJohn Bunyan
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpiritual autobiography
PublisherGeorge Larkin
Publication date
1666
Publication placeEngland

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his Poor Servant John Bunyan is a Puritan spiritual autobiography written by John Bunyan. It was composed while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a licence, and was first published in 1666.

The title contains allusions to two Biblical passages: 'Grace Abounding' is a reference to the Epistle to the Romans 5:20, which states 'Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound' (KJV) and 'Chief of Sinners' refers to the First Epistle to Timothy 1:15, where Paul refers to himself by the same appellation.

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