New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Timothy 1:12-16

12I thank 1Christ Jesus our Lord, who has 2strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, 3putting me into service,

13even though I was previously a blasphemer and a 4persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was 5shown mercy because 6I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

14and the 7grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the 8faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

15 9It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that 10Christ Jesus came into the world to 11save sinners, among whom 12I am foremost.

16Yet for this reason I 13found mercy, so that in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might 14demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those 15who would believe in Him for eternal life.

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Notes

1. 1 Timothy 1:12 Gal 3:26 ↩
2. 1 Timothy 1:12 Acts 9:22; Phil 4:13; 2 Tim 4:17 ↩
3. 1 Timothy 1:12 Acts 9:15 ↩
4. 1 Timothy 1:13 Acts 8:3 ↩
5. 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Cor 7:25 ↩
6. 1 Timothy 1:13 Acts 26:9 ↩
7. 1 Timothy 1:14 Rom 5:20; 1 Cor 3:10; 2 Cor 4:15; Gal 1:13-16 ↩
8. 1 Timothy 1:14 1 Thess 1:3; 1 Tim 2:15; 4:12; 6:11; 2 Tim 1:13; 2:22; Titus 2:2 ↩
9. 1 Timothy 1:15 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 ↩
10. 1 Timothy 1:15 Mark 2:17; Luke 15:2ff; 19:10 ↩
11. 1 Timothy 1:15 Rom 11:14 ↩
12. 1 Timothy 1:15 1 Cor 15:9; Eph 3:8 ↩
13. 1 Timothy 1:16 1 Cor 7:25; 1 Tim 1:13 ↩
14. 1 Timothy 1:16 Eph 2:7 ↩
15. 1 Timothy 1:16 Or destined to ↩

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