1 Timothy 1:12-14 ▼

12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He regarded me faithful, putting me into service,

13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

14 and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.