1 Timothy 1:12-14

International Standard Version

¹² I thank the Messiah^[a] Jesus, our Lord, who gives me strength, that he has considered me faithful and has appointed me to his service. ¹³ In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent^[b] man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief, ¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord overflowed toward me,^[c] along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah^[d] Jesus.