Paul’s Thankfulness for the Mercy Shown to Him

12 I give thanks[a] to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing me into ministry,[b] 13 although I[c] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord abounded with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:12 Literally “I have thankfulness”
  2. 1 Timothy 1:12 Or “service”
  3. 1 Timothy 1:13 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as concessive