1 Timothy 1:12-14

American Standard Version

¹² I thank him that ^[a]enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service; ¹³ though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief; ¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.