1 Timothy 1:13

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1 Timothy 1:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

14 And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

15 This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

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Acts 8:3

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 9:1

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Acts 9:5

“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.

Acts 9:13

But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

Acts 22:4

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

Acts 26:9

So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:10

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

Acts 26:11

I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Galatians 1:13

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

Philippians 3:6

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

1 Timothy 1:16

But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

Hosea 2:23

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

Romans 5:20

The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 11:30

Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,

Romans 11:31

so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Numbers 15:30

But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

Luke 12:47

That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

Luke 23:34

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

John 9:39

Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

John 9:41

“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

Acts 3:17

And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

Hebrews 6:4

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 6:5

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

Hebrews 6:6

and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

Hebrews 6:7

For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.

Hebrews 6:8

But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

Hebrews 10:26

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

Hebrews 10:27

but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:29

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

2 Peter 2:21

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

2 Peter 2:22

Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”