Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
First edition title page
Author	John Bunyan
Country	England
Language	English
Genre	Spiritual autobiography
Publisher	George Larkin
Publication date	1666

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or The 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 written while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a license and was first published in 1666. The title contains allusions to two Biblical passages: 'Grace Abounding' is a reference to Romans 5:20, which states 'Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound' (KJV) and 'Chief of Sinners' refers to 1 Timothy 1:15, where Paul refers to himself by the same appellation.

External links

Full text on Project Gutenberg
Summary of Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners public domain audiobook at LibriVox

List of works by John Bunyan

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666) The Pilgrim's Progress (1678, 1684) The Holy War (1682) To Be a Pilgrim (1684)

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