1 Timothy 1:11-13

Revised Standard Version

¹¹ in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

Gratitude for Mercy

¹² I thank him who has given me strength for this, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service, ¹³ though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,