1 Timothy 1:11-13

WNT(i) 11 and is not in accordance with the Good News of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. 12 I am thankful to Him who made me strong--even Christ Jesus our Lord--because He has judged me to be faithful and has put me into His service, 13 though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and had been insolent in outrage. Yet mercy was shown me, because I had acted ignorantly, not having as yet believed;