1 Timothy 1:13-14 who was formerly a defamer, and a persecutor, and an injurious person. But I received mercy, because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ who was formerly a defamer, and a persecutor, and an injurious person. But I received mercy, because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; ¹⁴ and the favor of the Lord has superabounded, with the faith and love which is by Christ Jesus.