I love to tell the sto­ry,
How Christ, the King of Glo­ry,
Left Heav’n above and came to res­cue me;
For sin­ners, He re­ceives them,
His blood was shed to save them—
So Je­sus died for sin­ners just like me.

Refrain

Yes, yes, yes, O yes!
Jesus died to set poor sin­ners free.
You say, How do I know it?
John three six­teen will show it;
That big word who­so­ev­er just means me.

So now I’ll try to please Him,
My life I give to serve Him;
His true and faith­ful ser­vant I will be;
And when called home to glo­ry,
I’ll sing the good old sto­ry,
That Je­sus died for sin­ners just like me.

Refrain

Then bro­ther, won’t you love Him?
And, sis­ter, won’t you trust Him?
I know He died for you as well as me;
We need our sins for­giv­en,
That we may go to Hea­ven,
To live with Christ who died for you and me.

Refrain