¹² Called To Preach the Gospel. I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength, because he judged me trustworthy and appointed me to his service, ¹³ even though in the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man. However, I have been treated with mercy because I had acted out of ignorance and unbelief. ¹⁴ As a result, the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and the love that are in Christ Jesus.